National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES)DNA Specimens: Guidelines for Proposals To Use Samples and Proposed Cost Schedule; Amendment

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replace the first sentence of the last paragraph with: Although all researchers are encouraged to submit letters of intent, proposals will be accepted without a letter of intent. If a researcher wishes to submit a letter of intent the deadline (third column) will be extended to October 18, 2002. The NHANES program will review letters of intent to clarify any issues that may help in proposal development. Proposal application receipt deadline is November 18,2002. All other dates are not changed. (2) On page 51585, third column under Dates: delete the second bullet, Submission of Proposals: October 7, 2002. (3) The following clarifications are added to the potential research proposals section: page 51586, first column, under the heading Potential Research Proposals: insert the following as paragraph 1: If several researchers submit proposals for the same genetic assessments, they may be asked to collaborate in the publication of the estimates. The willingness to do this should be addressed in the proposal. Umbrella category A proposals where researchers collaborate to use the same set of DNA specimens, to address several specific research questions, requiring different genetic assessm