[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 66210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26108]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Notice To Announce the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Draft Strategic Plan for Research; Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is updating its
Strategic Plan for Research to guide the Institute's research efforts
and priorities over the next five years. The purpose of this Notice is
to seek comments from the public about the draft 2020 NIMH Strategic
Plan for Research. The draft Strategic Plan will be publicly available
via https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/strategic-planning-reports/2020-draft-strategic-plan.pdf for a 30-day period beginning on the
publication of this Notice. The public is invited to provide comments.
DATES: To ensure consideration, your responses must be received within
a 30-day period that begins on the publication date of this Notice.
ADDRESSES: Responses to this Notice should be submitted electronically
via http://grants.nih.gov/grants/rfi/rfi.cfm?ID=92. Alternatively,
written responses can be submitted by mail to the Office of Science
Policy, Planning, and Communications (OSPPC), 6001 Executive Boulevard,
MSC 9663, Bethesda, MD 20892-9663.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel B. Scheinert, Ph.D., Science
Policy and Evaluation Branch, Office of Science Policy, Planning, and
Communications, National Institute of Mental Health, National
Institutes of Health, 6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6202, NSC, Bethesda,
MD 20892-9667, 301-451-0292;, Telephone: 1-866-615-6464 (toll-free), 1-
301-443-8431 (TTY), 1-866-415-8051 (TTY toll-free), Fax: 1-301-443-
4279, Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal
agency for research on mental illnesses. The mission of the NIMH is to
transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through
basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery,
and cure. To fulfill its mission, the NIMH supports and conducts
research on mental illnesses and the underlying basic science of brain
and behavior; supports the training of scientists to carry out basic
and clinical mental health research; and, communicates with scientists,
patients, providers, and the general public about the science of mental
illnesses.
Every five years, NIMH publishes a Strategic Plan for Research to
accelerate progress in basic, translational, and clinical science. The
need to update the plan became clear with the increasing number of
remarkable scientific advancements, the changing landscapes of mental
health care over the past few years, and the pace of discovery and
change in the mental health space.
With the goals of helping individuals living with mental illnesses
and promoting both prevention and cure, NIMH has updated its high-level
Goals as follows:
1. Define the Brain Mechanisms Underlying Complex Behaviors
2. Examine Mental Illness Trajectories Across the Lifespan
3. Strive for Prevention and Cures
4. Strengthen the Public Health Impact of NIMH-Supported Research
These four Goals form a broad roadmap for the Institute's
priorities over the next five years, which begins with the fundamental
science of the brain and behavior and continues through to the public
health impact. Full implementation of these Goals will, we hope,
transform the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illnesses.
Information Requested/Request for Comments
This Notice invites public comment on the draft 2020 NIMH Strategic
Plan for Research. When developing your comments, we encourage you to
read the draft Strategic Plan for Research (linked here) and provide
any comments you may have via http://grants.nih.gov/grants/rfi/rfi.cfm?ID=92. Alternatively, written responses can be submitted by
mail to the Office of Science Policy, Planning, and Communications
(OSPPC), 6001 Executive Boulevard, MSC 9663, Bethesda, MD 20892-9663.
General Information
Submitted information will not be considered confidential.
Responses are welcome from associations and professional organizations
as well as individual stakeholders. This request is for information and
planning purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or as
an obligation of the Federal Government or NIMH. No awards will be made
based on responses to this RFI. The information submitted will be
analyzed and may be used for planning purposes. No proprietary,
classified, confidential and/or sensitive information should be
included in your response. The NIH and the government reserve the right
to use any non-proprietary technical information in any future
solicitation(s).
Joshua A. Gordon,
Director, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of
Health.
[FR Doc. 2019-26108 Filed 12-2-19; 8:45 am]
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