42 U.S.C. § 2487b : US Code - Section 2487B: Biomedical research grants

Search 42 U.S.C. § 2487b : US Code - Section 2487B: Biomedical research grants

(a) Establishment of program
The Administrator and the Director of the National Institutes of
Health shall establish a joint program of biomedical research
grants in areas described in section 2487a(a) of this title, where
such research requires access to a microgravity environment. Such
program shall be consistent with actions taken by the joint working
group under section 2487a of this title.
(b) Research opportunity announcements
The grants program established under subsection (a) of this
section shall annually issue joint research opportunity
announcements under the sponsorship of the National Institutes of
Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Responses to the announcements shall be evaluated by a peer review
committee whose members shall be selected by the Director of the
National Institutes of Health and the Administrator, and shall
include individuals not employed by the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration or the National Institutes of Health.