FACA Committee Purpose & Justification The information in this plan was imported from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database and transformed into StratML Part 1, Strategic Plan, format. Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: Grant Review Communication Disorders Review Committee HHS 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/HHSFACA834.xml) ][ Federated Name : (urn:www.hhs.gov:agency:32:committee:834:) ][ Agency Name : (Department of Health and Human Services) ][ Agency Acronym : (HHS) ][ Agency Domain : (www.hhs.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://www.hhs.gov/) ][ Committee Name : (Communication Disorders Review Committee) ][ Committee Type : (Grant Review) ][ Committee Web Site : (http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/about/groups/cdrc/) ][ Goal? : (no) ][ Vision? : (no) ][ Mission? : (yes) ] Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/about/groups/cdrc/ Not Available 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 Section 492 of the PHS Act states that "The Secretary shall by regulation require appropriate technical and scientific peer review of -- (A) applications . . ., and (B) biomedical and behavioral research and development contracts." This committee is composed of recognized biomedical and/or behavioral research authorities who represent the forefront of research and technical knowledge and who provide first-level merit review of highly scientific and technical research grant applications in the fields of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. During the reporting period the committee reviewed 161 applications requesting $6,323,484 in first year direct costs. The Committee provides advice to the Director, NIDCD on programs and activities in the areas of communication science. The committee reviews grant applications, National Research Service Award training grants, conference grants, Career Development Awards, fellowships, and special projects in the communication and chemosensory sciences. To accomplish its mission, the committee, which is composed of members who are identified from academic medicine, basic research and the clinical sciences related to the mission of the NIDCD and invited to serve for overlapping terms of four years, meets and reviews grant applications three times a year. The committee is an essential component of the Institute and continues to provide important information to the Director, NIDCD. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 Not Available e3102b97-0297-4551-bb9c-b9919bee5c3b 43e72a74-837d-4f4e-adc4-ee1d15ceea64 42e274b8-285d-4f13-b684-423a77380273 2010-10-01 2011-09-30 2013-07-09 http://explore.data.gov/resource/datasets/c5i3-bb9j Gannon (J.) Dick gannon_dick@yahoo.com