Council of Councils Meeting
September 10-11, 2026
NIH Campus | Building 35A, Room 620/630/640
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Agenda
*All times listed in ET
| OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D. Chair, Council of Councils NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) Office of the Director, NIH |
| 9:05 a.m. | Reminders and Procedures Robin I. Kawazoe Executive Secretary, Council of Councils Deputy Director, DPCPSI |
| 9:15 a.m. | NIH Director’s Update Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D. Director, NIH |
| 10:15 a.m. | DPCPSI Director’s Report Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D. Chair, Council of Councils NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives Director, DPCPSI |
| 11:00 a.m. | Proposed DPCPSI Reorganization Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D. Chair, Council of Councils NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives Director, DPCPSI |
| 11:45 a.m. | Update from the Council of Councils Working Group on Fostering Transformative Biomedical Research Maryellen L. Giger, Ph.D. A.N. Pritzker Distinguished Service Professor of Radiology, Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Committee on Medical Physics, The University of Chicago Huda Yahya Zoghbi, M.D. Ralph D. Feigin Distinguished Service Professor, of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital, and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Review of Grant Applications |
| OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | |
| 1:15 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:45 p.m. | Recommendations from the NIH Council of Councils Working Group on Science of Science [Vote] K.C. Kent Lloyd, D.V.M., Ph.D. |
| 2:15 p.m. | ORIP Concept Clearance (Reissue): Development of Models, New Approach Methodologies, and Biological Materials for Studying Human Health and Diseases (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) [Vote] Sige Zou, Ph.D. Program Director, ORIP, DPCPSI |
| 2:45 p.m. | OSC/Common Fund Concept Clearance (Revised): R3PEATS Program: Rigor, Replicability, and Reproducibility to Promote Excellence, Accuracy, and Translation in Science [Vote] Michael Chiang, M.D. Director, National Eye Institute |
| 3:45 p.m. | Council Discussion |
| 4:45 p.m. | Council Operating Procedures [Vote] Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D. Chair, Council of Councils NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives Director, DPCPSI |
| 5:15 p.m. | Adjourn for the Day |
| OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Recap of Day 1 Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D. Chair, Council of Councils NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives Director, DPCPSI Office of the Director, NIH |
| 9:15 a.m. | OSC Concept Clearance (New): The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Network Common Fund Program Stage 2 [Vote] Amy C. Lossie, Ph.D. Program Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| 10:00 a.m. | ODSS Concept Clearance (New): Building Sustainable Foundations for Open Software and Tools in Biomedical and Behavioral Science [Vote] Ishwar Chandramouliswaran David Miller, Ph.D. Lori Scott-Sheldon, Ph.D. |
| 10:45 a.m. | NIH Artificial Intelligence Strategy Bradley Bower, Ph.D. Chief AI Officer, NIH |
| 11:15 a.m. | Adjourn |