Stem Cell Agency Science Subcommittee Meeting

MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

SCIENCE SUBCOMMITTEE
OF THE INDEPENDENT CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
TO THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE

Organized Pursuant to the
CALIFORNIA STEM CELL RESEARCH AND CURES ACT

Date: Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Locations:

CIRM
210 King Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

Aldrich Hall
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3175

330 Plaza Street
Healdsburg, CA 95448

Reeve-Irvine Research Center
1105 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility (GNRF)
837 Health Science Road
University of California at Irvine School of Medicine
Irvine, CA 92697-4292

City of Hope
1500 E. Duarte Road
Duarte, California 91010

Klein Financial Corporation
550 California Avenue, Suite 330
Palo Alto, CA 94306

ValleyCare Health System
5575 West Las Positas Blvd.
Suite 300
Pleasanton, CA 94588

University of Washington
Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering
185 Stevens Way
Seattle WA 98195

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

[Members of the Public will be invited to provide testimony before or during consideration of each agenda item. Speakers are asked to limit their testimony to three (3) minutes.]

3. Continued discussion of and consideration of changes to Extraordinary Petition and Grant Administration Appeals processes.
a. Extraordinary Petition Process Option A / Posting Applications
b. Extraordinary Petition Process Option B / Additional Analysis
c.Extraordinary Petition Process Option C / Limited Investigation

4. Discussion of proposal for programmatic scoring of grant applications by Patient Advocate members of Grants Working Group for inclusion in discussions and decisions regarding applications.

5. Consideration of process for approving use of unused disease team research award grant round funds for research that goes beyond the scope of the original RFAs.
a.BACKGROUND: Expansion of Disease Team I Activities (Presented by staff to Board at August 18-19 ICOC Meeting)

6. Discussion of Pre-Application Process, including but not limited to the process generally and scientific feedback to applicants who are not successful in the process.

7. Public comment.

8. Adjournment

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.
**NOTICE**

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