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The National Science Foundation has announced an upcoming meeting for the Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education, identified by committee code 9487. The meeting is scheduled for March 18, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and attendees can join via videoconference. The purpose of this open meeting is to provide advice and oversight on environmental research and education, where participants will discuss subcommittee work and plan future activities. More information and an updated agenda will be made available on the NSF's website.

The National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research is holding a closed meeting on February 26, 2021, to review and evaluate grant applications. This meeting is closed to the public to protect confidential information, trade secrets, and personal privacy related to the applications. The meeting will be held virtually, and the contact person for more information is Nisan Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. The meeting follows sections of the Federal Advisory Committee Act that allow for such gatherings to be private when necessary.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a meeting for the Health Systems Research Scientific Merit Review Board scheduled for March 12, 2025. This meeting will occur online via WebEx and consist of an open session from 12-12:15 p.m., which the public can listen to, and a closed session from 12:15-1:30 p.m., which will discuss research proposals and remain private to protect sensitive information. The Board's goal is to evaluate and support impactful research projects that improve the lives of impaired and disabled veterans. Public comments can be submitted in advance, but not during the meeting.

The National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research announced a closed meeting of the Special Grants Review Committee. The meeting will take place on February 25-26, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m and will be conducted virtually. The purpose of the meeting is to review and evaluate grant applications, which include sensitive and confidential information. Dr. Aiwu Cheng is the contact for this meeting, and the notice is filed under Federal Register Document number 2025-00844.

The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has announced several closed meetings to review grant applications. These meetings, held virtually, will take place in April and June 2025 and involve panels focused on small business applications, disruptive innovations in dental research, fellowship reviews, contract proposals, and improving patient-centered research. The discussions will be closed to the public to protect confidential and private information. Notable participants include Scientific Review Officers Yun Mei, MD, Christopher Campbell, MD, Ph.D., and Jingshan Chen, Ph.D.

The notice informs about a closed meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, scheduled for May 29, 2025. This meeting will be virtual and closed to the public due to the evaluation of individual research programs and personnel qualifications. The meeting is organized in compliance with privacy laws to prevent unnecessary invasion of personal privacy. For more information, Yun Mei, MD, can be contacted at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is reopening the comment period for a proposed rule to amend the Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Order. This rule change involves requiring market agencies to fully collect and remit assessments on lamb sales. The comment period, initially closed on December 4, 2020, is now extended to March 24, 2021, providing more time for stakeholders to give input. AMS is particularly interested in feedback on allowing flexible remittance schedules for smaller market agencies to reduce their regulatory burden.

Sigma Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc. has applied to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to become registered as a bulk manufacturer of controlled substances. The public is invited to submit comments or objections and request a hearing by April 26, 2021. The application was submitted on December 17, 2020, and aims to manufacture reference standards of certain controlled substances. Comments should be sent to the DEA at the address provided in the notice.

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has issued a final rule updating the regulations for the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Research Endowment Programs. This rule expands eligibility for research endowment awards to include certain Health Resources and Services Administration and NIMHD centers of excellence, following the enactment of Public Law 117-104. It also changes the program's name to honor John Lewis and revises outdated regulatory references. The changes aim to improve research capacity in minority health and address health disparities while adhering to current laws and guidelines.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a meeting of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, which will take place via teleconference on March 10, 2021. The meeting will be open to the public and will cover VA activities and updates on scientific research related to Gulf War illnesses. It will feature presentations from a recent VA-DoD conference and offer recommendations for next steps. The session will also include time for public comments, and individuals may submit a summary or written statements to be included in the official meeting record.