HI, EVERYBODY, I'M KATIE RUSH, I'M WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM, I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU TUNING IN TODAY TO OUR WEBINAR ABOUT A NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM. WHAT I WANT DO IN THE NEXT HOUR IS TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM, IF YOU'RE NEW TO IT, AND THEN IN THE SECOND PART OF THE PRESENTATION WE'LL TELL YOU A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. SO LET'S GET STARTED. THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM IS AN AMBITIOUS EFFORT TO ENGAGE ONE MILLION OR MORE PEOPLE LIVING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, IN A LONG-TERM RESEARCH EFFORT. WE WANT TO BE GATHERING HEALTH INFORMATION FROM THESE PEOPLE FOR USE IN MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDIES. THE IDEA HERE IS THAT IF WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES THAT INFLUENCE PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND DISEASE, THINGS LIKE LIFESTYLE FACTORS AND ENVIRONMENT AND GENETICS, THEN WE'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO PREVENT DISEASES IN THE FUTURE AND DEVELOP MORE PRECISE TREATMENT. THE PLAN IS TO LAUNCH THE PROGRAM LATER THIS YEAR. THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT MAKE THIS PROGRAM REALLY EXCITING. ONE IS THE DIVERSITY. OUR DIRECTOR, ERIC DISHMAN, TALKS ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF QUADRUPLE DIVERSITY. WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ENGAGED IN THIS EFFORT. PEOPLE OF ALL AGES EVENTUALLY, PEOPLE WITH MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEALTH CONDITIONS, PEOPLE FROM MANY DIFFERENT RACES AND BACKGROUNDS. THOUGH SOME RESEARCH PROGRAMS HAVE VERY STRICT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ABOUT PEOPLE'S HEALTH CONDITIONS, IN THIS CASE WE REALLY DO WANT PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES. THOSE WHO ARE HEALTHY AND THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE CHRONIC DISEASES AS WELL. WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LOT OF DIVERSITY IN DATA TYPES. AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO ON. AND THEN LIKE I SAID WITH GEOGRAPHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS BOTH. THE IDEA HERE IS TO BRING IN PEOPLE INCLUDING MANY WHO HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF OUR DIFFERENCES AND HAVE BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL. ANOTHER THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS OUR FOCUS ON PARTICIPATION. WE WANT PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM TO BE OUR PARTNERS. WE DON'T CALL THEM PATIENTS OR SUBJECTS. THEY ARE VERY MUCH ENGAGED WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IN HOW THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED, HOW THEY ARE INVOLVED, WHAT RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED, AND HOW WE RETURN INFORMATION TO THEM THAT'S REALLY MEANINGFUL. WHAT ARE WE TO DO WITH THIS DATA WE GATHER OVER TIME? IT WOULD BE HELPFUL HELPING US GET TO BETTER HEALTH IN A FEW WAYS. WITH ALL OF THIS DATA, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTAND THEIR INDIVIDUAL RISK OF GETTING CERTAIN DISEASES OVER TIME. WE MIGHT LEARN MORE ABOUT BIOLOGICAL MARKERS THAT CAN HELP HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE FUTURE, DO A BETTER JOB AT PREVENTION AND DIAGNOSIS. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO CUSTOMIZE THE RIGHT TREATMENT FOR THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME. AND HOPEFULLY HELP IDENTIFY SOME SOLUTIONS TO HEALTH DISPARITIES. ANOTHER THING THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE'LL BE BUILDING AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCITED ABOUT PRECISION HEALTH AND HELP US GET THERE. THEY WILL NOT ONLY LEARN MORE DATA TO EMPOWER THEIR OWN HEALTH CHOICES, BUT BE PART OF RESEARCH FOR FUTURE STUDIES, IF THEY ARE INTERESTED. SO THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO ENROLL. ONE WAY IS THROUGH THE DIRECT VOLUNTEER ROUTE. THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP JUST BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE, OR AN APP, WE'LL HAVE A SUPPORT CENTER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM SOMEONE STANDING BY. WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHO WILL BE HELPING ENGAGE THEIR PATIENT POPULATIONS AND PARTICIPANTS' FAMILY MEMBERS. THOSE INCLUDE EIGHT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS SO FAR, A VARIETY OF HEALTH CENTERS, OUR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER PILOTS, AND V.A. MEDICAL CENTERS AS PART OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. WE ENVISION PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM BEING A LONG-TERM EFFORT. IDEALLY FOR TEN YEARS OR MORE. PARTICIPANTS WOULD ENROLL AND CONSENT, THEY WOULD RECEIVE MULTIPLE QUESTIONNAIRES OVER% TIME THAT THEY COULD FILL OUT AT THEIR OWN CONVENIENCE, WE MAY ALSO ASK THEM TO VISIT A PARTICIPATING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR ENROLLMENT SITE AND HAVE PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS TAKEN, LIKE HEIGHT, WEIGHT, BLOOD PRESSURE. WE MAY ALSO ASK THEM TO PROVIDE SOME BIOSPECIMENS LIKE BLOOD AND URINE SAMPLES. AND THEN IN TIME, WE MAY ALSO BE ROLLING OUT NEW CAPABILITIES LIKE WEARABLES OR MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES THAT HELP US GATHER DATA IN REALTIME. DATA WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE VERY BROADLY, WITHIN THE SECURITY GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE SET UP TO PROTECT PARTICIPANT PRIVACY. WE ENVISION A TIERED DATA ACCESS STRUCTURE, SUCH THAT SUMMARY, AGGREGATED STATISTICS WOULD BE BROADLY AVAILABLE AND THEN PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING MORE SPECIFIC DATA FOR SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS WOULD REQUEST THAT AND WE WOULD HAVE A RESOURCE ACCESS COMMITTEE TO REVIEWS REQUESTS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE FOLLOWING ALL THE APPROPRIATE ETHICAL GUIDELINES. ONE THING THAT'S NOTABLE ABOUT THE PROJECT, WE'RE NOT JUST SHARING DATA WITH RESEARCHERS BUT IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPANTS THEMSELVES AND CITIZEN SCIENTIST WHO IS WANT TO LEARN MORE. TO SUM UP, THE VALUE OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM AS WE SEE IT IS THAT IT GIVES PARTICIPANTS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT DISEASE AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND MAKES SURE THEIR COMMUNITY IS INCLUDED IN THE RESEARCH THAT'S LEADING TO FINDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO INFORM FUTURE MEDICAL CARE AND PREVENTION. PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE DO LEARN ABOUT THEIR OWN HEALTH AND BE PART OF THIS NATIONAL MOVEMENT. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ARE THE "ALL OF US" PROGRAM VISIT OUR SITE ON THE NIH WEBSITE, NIH.GOV/PRECISIONMEDICINE, YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ALREADY WORKING WITH US IN OUR CONSORTIUM AND ALL ABOUT THEIR VARIOUS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. NOW LET'S GET TO THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. WE REALIZE THAT IN ADDITION TO HAVING RESEARCH CENTERS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS, HELPING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS PROGRAM, SOMETHING THAT IS CRITICAL, WE HEARD THIS FROM THE PUBLIC TOO, IS THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DO GRASS ROOTS OUTREACH, SO THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS AND OVERALL NATIONAL EFFORTS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP MOTIVATE VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE LOOKING FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS AND HAVE THEM NOT ONLY ENROLL IN "ALL OF US" BUT STAY ACTIVE AND ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM. THESE ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT ALSO HELP FACILITATE ENROLLMENT IN A FEW CASES AND WE WANT THEM TO SHOW MEASURABLE SUCCESS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO OUTREACH SPECIFIC TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. AND I MEAN THAT IN A VERY BROAD CATEGORY. SO THESE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD HELP EDUCATE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ABOUT THE PROGRAM BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE THAT MANY PARTICIPANTS AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL GO TO THEIR DOCTORS AND NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO ASK ABOUT THE PROGRAM, SO WE WANT THEM TO BE READY. AND IN SOME CASES, WE RECOGNIZE THAT PROVIDERS MIGHT BE A GREAT RESOURCE TO ALSO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND HELP ENROLL PARTICIPANTS. NOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS FUNDING MECHANISM IS CALLED AN OTHER TRANSACTION AWARD. THAT'S A BIT OF A DIFFERENT LINGO SO I WANT TO BRIEFLY MENTION WHAT THAT IS ALL ABOUT. IN SHORT THE OTHER TRANSACTION AWARD IS NOT GRANT OR CONTRACT OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MECHANISMS YOU MIGHT BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH IF YOU'VE APPLIED FOR OTHER NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PAST. THIS IS A DIFFERENT MECHANISM, IT GIVES NIH A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO BE VERY INVOLVED IN THE PROJECTS, AND TO ALTER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECTS AS NEEDS CHANGE. BASED ON THE OVERALL GOALS OF "ALL OF US," AND EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES. SO THAT CAN MEAN THE PROJECTS WOULD BE SHORTENED, THAT THEY MIGHT BE ENLARGED, THEY COULD BE DISCONTINUED, OR THERE MIGHT BE OTHER CHANGES TO THE PROJECTS OVER TIME. NOW, WE EXPECT THAT ALL OF THE AWARDEES WHO COME IN THROUGH THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ARE REALLY COLLABORATIVE. NOT JUST WITH EACH OTHER BUT WITH NIH, AND WITH THE OTHER CONSULTANTS THAT WE HAVE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. ALL OF OUR AWARDEES ARE PART OF A LARGE NATIONAL CONSORTIUM, AND THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER AS HOW WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. FUNDING FOR THESE AWARDS WILL BE INCREMENTAL. SO THE AWARDS SEGMENTS WILL BE DECIDED BETWEEN AWARDEES AND NIH BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THEY ARE RANGING FROM ONE TO 12 MONTHS OVER THE COURSE OF THE FULL THREE-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD. FUTURE FUNDING IS NOT GUARANTEED. PROGRESS WILL BE ASSESSED AS WE GO. AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SEE THAT AWARDEES ARE MEETING MILESTONES AND PROJECTS ARE STILL FITTING WITHIN THE OVERALL SCIENTIFIC DIRECTIONS OF THE PROGRAM. THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT OTHER TRANSACTION AWARDS AND SO WE HAVE A POLICY GUIDE ON OUR WEBSITE. AND WE ASK ALL AWARDEES AND APPLICANTS TO READ THIS CAREFULLY. NOW, WE EXPECT THREE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS, THREE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS AWARD. THE FIRST WOULD BE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON LOCAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THESE AWARDS WOULD RANGE FROM $25,000 TO $100,000 AND SEEK TO ENGAGE 25, ENGAGE $25,000. YOU MIGHT HAVE ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN DOING BROADER ENGAGEMENT ON REGIONAL OR NATIONAL LEVEL. THESE AWARDS WOULD BE RANGING FROM LIKELY $100,000 TO $500,000 PER YEAR, AND ENGAGE 20,000 OR MORE PEOPLE. AND THEN FINALLY, THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT, THAT WOULD BE ON A REGIONAL OR NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL, THE DIRECT COST FOR THOSE AWARDS WE ANTICIPATE FROM $25,000 TO $250,000, AGAIN THIS IS OUTREACH THAT'S FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, TO HELP EDUCATE THEM, AND/OR TO HAVE THEM HELP SERVE AS RESOURCES TO ENGAGE THEIR PATIENTS OR FAMILY MEMBERS. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING THROUGH THIS. ALL NON-PROFITS ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE. THIS IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OR FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. LISTED HERE ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS WE'VE POSTED ON THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND WE'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS ABOUT ELIGIBILITY BUT PLEASE REFER TO THIS LIST TO HELP DETERMINE WHETHER YOU QUALIFY. THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, ALL ABOUT THE APPLICATION WHICH IS LIMITED TO 15 PAGES AND THERE'S SPECIFIC PAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR DIFFERENT SECTIONS. BUT OUR REVIEWERS WHICH WILL CONSIST OF FEDERAL AND OUTSIDE REVIEWERS WITH EXPERTISE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL BE EVALUATING YOUR APPLICATION BASED ON THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE, AND IN THIS CASE WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY COMMUNITY, IS IT A SHARED INTEREST, IS IT A CERTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, IS IT A CERTAIN TYPE OF GROUP IN PARTICULAR, WHAT ARE THE LANGUAGES OF THAT COMMUNITY. WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT YOUR PROPOSED ENGAGEMENT APPROACH. NOT JUST HOW YOU PLAN TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE PROGRAM BUT HOW YOU REALLY PLAN TO MOTIVATE PARTICIPATION AND LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE PLANS BROKEN DOWN BY QUARTER OVER THE THREE-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD WITH THE MEASURABLE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU INTEND TO MAKE. WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR PAST PERFORMANCE. HOW IS WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE HAD EXPERIENCE DOING BEFORE IN TERMS OF ENGAGING COMMUNITIES WITH HEALTH OR RESEARCH-RELATED INITIATIVES. AND WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WHO THE PEOPLE ARE THAT YOU WOULD BE PROPOSING STAFF THIS. WE'RE ASKING FOR BIOS OF KEY PERSONNEL AND THEIR EXPERTISE. ONE THING THAT WE NOTED IN THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IS THAT WE'RE VERY OPEN TO PARTNERSHIPS AMONG DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, SO IN THIS CASE YOU WOULD JUST WANT TO SPECIFY WHY YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS AND HOW EVERYONE'S EFFORTS COMBINED WILL ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU AIM FOR. IN ADDITION, WE ASK THAT YOU SUBMIT A COST PROPOSAL THAT OUTLINES HOW MUCH MONEY YOU THINK YOU NEED TO DO YOUR ACTIVITIES AND ANY DETAILS RELATED TO THAT. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THOSE MAIN REVIEW CRITERIA, WE ALSO HAVE A FEW PROGRAMMATIC PRIORITY AREAS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL REACH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, AND THAT'S A BIG CATEGORY BUT COULD INCLUDE RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES, SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES, WOMEN, PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS, PEOPLE IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY, AND OTHERS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. SO I'LL SPEAK TO THOSE PRETTY BRIEFLY. LIKE I MENTIONED, ENROLLMENT CAN HAPPEN IN TWO WAYS, THROUGH DIRECT VOLUNTEER ROUTE OR PARTICIPATING HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS. ONE PRIORITY AREA IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHY IS THE PLACES THAT THE DIRECT VOLUNTEER ROUTE WILL BE ROLLING OUT IN YEAR ONE. THESE ARE ALL LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE CITIES AND STATES. AND THEN SEPARATELY, WE HAVE A LOT OF COVERAGE THROUGH OUR EXISTING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS, SO OUR PRIORITY FOR THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IS TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL OUTREACH IN PLACES WHERE THOSE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT ALREADY SERVING. WE'RE TRYING TO BROAEN OUR SCOPE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT QUALIFY FOR SUPPORT UNDER THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, WE'VE LISTED A FEW HERE. THESE COULD BE EDUCATION EVENTS, TRAIN THE TRAINER EVENTS, YOU MIGHT TRY TO HAVE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS, OR COME UP WITH CONTINUING EDUCATION MODULES, A VARIETY OF THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE'S A MUCH MORE EXPANDED LIST ON OUR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU PROPOSE ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE THINGS THAT ARE THERE. WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN YOUR CREATIVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW YOU THINK YOU CAN BEST REACH YOUR COMMUNITY, AND MANY DIFFERENT THINGS WOULD BE CONSIDERED. BUT NO MATTER WHAT ACTIVITIES THAT YOU PROPOSE, WE WANT APPLICANTS TO GIVE US A SENSE OF THE SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN MAKE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEY EDUCATE, HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY TRAIN, HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HELP BY FACILITATING ENROLLMENT. SO APPLICATIONS FOR THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ARE DUE MARCH 24th. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL COMPLETE THE REVIEWS FAIRLY QUICKLY THEREAFTER. AND THEN MAKE THE ACTUAL AWARDS AROUND MID-MAY. IN THIS FIRST ROUND, WE EXPECT TO FUND THREE TO FOUR APPLICATIONS. I'VE WRITTEN GRANTS THERE BUT THESE ARE AWARDS, LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY ARE NOT GRANTS OR CONTRACTS. AND WE EXPECT TO MAKE ADDITIONAL AWARDS FROM THIS FIRST POOL OF APPLICANTS THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH GOES THROUGH THIS SEPTEMBER. AND THE PROJECT PERIOD THAT EACH AWARDEE SHOULD PLAN FOR IS APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS. LET ME TELL YOU NOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO OFFER YOU AS AN AWARDEE IN DOING YOUR WORK. FIRST OF ALL, WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT THE WEBSITE, JOINALLOFUS.ORG, A CENTRAL PLACE FOR THE PROGRAM, WIN IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, KEEPING IN MIND WE NEED A READING LEVEL THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE WILL BE EXTENSIVE FAQs ON THAT SITE AND ALSO RIGHT ON THAT SITE IS WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIGN THEIR CONSENT AND ENROLL AND BEGIN FILLING OUT QUESTIONNAIRES. WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS UNDER DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU ARE WELCOME TO USE IN WE'LL PROVIDE DESIGN FILES AND ASK THAT YOU COVER THE PRINTING. SO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN COMING UP WITH COST PROPOSALS. NOW IF YOU FEEL LIKE THE MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, THE FACTSHEETS AND BROCHURES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, ARE NOT QUITE ENOUGH FOR YOU OR YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMMUNICATIONS MATERIAL THAT WOULD WORK BEST FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP SOMETHING, WE WOULD BE GLAD TO CHAT ABOUT THAT. WE JUST ASK THAT ANY NEW COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS THAT ARE PROMOTING THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM ARE REVIEWED BY US TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY AND ACCURACY IN THE MESSAGING, AND DEPENDING ON SOME OF THE LANGUAGE WE MAIL, WE NEED THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD TO SIGN OFF. HERE WITH A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF MATERIALS WE'RE DEVELOPING. NONE ARE FINAL YET BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU. WE'RE ALSO PLANNING TO HAVE A TRAVELING EXHIBIT, IT'S CALLED MOBILE ENGAGEMENT ASSET. AS YOU'LL SEE HERE IT'S A TRUCK WITH A TRAILER, AND PARTICIPANTS CAN GO INSIDE AND HAVE A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE TO LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM. THIS WILL BE GOING ON A NATIONAL TOUR OVER 37 WEEKS LATER IN THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL BE MAKING MULTIPLE STOPS. SO WE WELCOME COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, TO REQUEST THAT WE INCLUDE A STOP NEAR THEM AND IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE AT NO COST. WE JUST HAVE TO CHECK ON SCHEDULING AND AVAILABILITY. SO WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ALREADY THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN WRITING IN AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT. I WANTED TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THOSE AT THE OUTSET BEFORE WE OPEN THE LINES TO MORE QUESTIONS. SO FIRST, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ELIGIBILITY. MY ORGANIZATION IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE ELIGIBLE APPLICANT LIST. MAY I STILL APPLY? UNFORTUNATELY NO. ONLY THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LISTED MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY YOU ABOUT YOU SHOULD NOTE SOME CATEGORIES ARE BROAD LIKE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SO EVEN IF YOUR ORGANIZATION ISN'T LISTED IN ONE OF THE OTHER SUBCATEGORIES YOU EVER MIGHT FALL UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF ONE OF THE LARGER CATEGORIES. I SEE CURRENT AWARDEES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE. WOULD WE BECOME INELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM? THE ANSWER IS NOT NECESSARILY. EVERY DIFFERENT FUNDING THAT WE ISSUE HAS ITS OWN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. WE'RE LOOKING TO RESPOND BEYOND THE AREAS YEAR REACHING. THERE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS. ONE PERSON ASKED, I'M AFFILIATED WITH THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATION THAT'S ONE OF YOUR AWARDEES. BUT MY DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE ISN'T PART OF THAT WORK. ARE WE ELIGIBLE? THE ANSWER HERE IS NO. BECAUSE AWARDS ARE MADE TO INSTITUTIONS AND NOT INDIVIDUALS, AND NO EXISTING AWARDEE INSTITUTION IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS. I'M AN EMPLOYEE WITH AN HPO THAT IS AN "ALL OF US" AWARDEE, BUT I'M ALSO AFFILIATED WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN APPLYING. ARE WE ELIGIBLE?% AGAIN, THE SAME THING GOES AWARDS ARE MADE TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS, NOT TO INDIVIDUALS. SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE APPLYING AS PART OF THAT OTHER ORGANIZATION, AND YOU'RE NOT ALREADY A RECOGNIZED AWARDEE OR SUBAWARDEE WITH OUR PROGRAM, THAT ORGANIZATION CAN APPLY AND YOU COULD BE PART OF THAT. FINANCIAL YOU'RE IF YOU'RE NOT SURE YOU CAN CHECK OUR WEBSITE OR GET IN TOUCH WITH US AND WE'LL HELP YOU. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW FUNDS MAY BE USED. YES, WE CAN USE FUNDS FOR HIRING STAFF. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE OT AWARD MECHANISM AND KNOW WE CANNOT MAKE A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE FUNDING STAFF THAT YOU'VE HIRED IF THE PROJECT IS ENDED. PURCHASING EQUIPMENT IN SOME CASES, IF IT'S WELL JUSTIFIED AND NECESSARY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, MAY ALSO BE PERMITTED. IN TERMS OF FOOD, WE CANNOT SUPPORT MEALS, BUT OTHER EXPENSES LIKE SNACKS MIGHT BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE THEM WELL JUSTIFIED. AND WE'VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT OFFERING HEALTH SCREENINGS AT AWARENESS EVENTS. IN THIS CASE THE ANSWER IS NO. A FEW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS SHOULD WE TRY TO REACH, AND THAT'S KIND OF A DIFFICULT QUESTION FOR US TO ANSWER BECAUSE EVERY APPLICATION WILL BE JUDGED ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. SO WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC TARGETS TO RECOMMEND TO YOU OTHER THAN THE ONES I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE BROAD CATEGORIES. BUT YOU MIGHT FEEL GOOD TO KNOW THAT APPLICATIONS IN ONE CATEGORY, SUCH AS LOCAL OUTREACH, WILL BE JUDGED WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS IN THAT CATEGORY, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE COMPARING THE NUMBERS SOLELY JUST BY LOCAL VERSUS NATIONAL. THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS WE'RE CONSIDERING. SO AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO OPEN THINGS UP TO QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE ON THE LINES. I'LL BE JOINED BY STACIA FLEISHER WHO ASSISTS WITH THESE AWARDS FROM NCATS, THE SISTER INSTITUTE, AND JANET LAMBERT, WHO IS OUR TECHNICAL CONSULTANT HERE, AND A WONDERFUL RESOURCE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. I'VE ALSO INCLUDED OUR E-MAIL, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP OFFLINE, JUST ASK A QUESTION THAT MIGHT BE VERY SPECIFIC TO YOUR SITE. WE'D LIKE TO USE THIS TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE GENERAL FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE LISTENING IN. AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT THIS WEBINAR WILL BE RECORD AND MADE AVAILABLE AFTER THE FACT, SO IF A MEMBER OF YOUR TEAM WASN'T ABLE TO TUNE IN TODAY, YOU CAN COME TO OUR WEBSITE AND WATCH IT LATER. WE'LL ALSO HAVE POSTED A SET OF FAQs ON OUR FUNDING PAGE, AND WE'LL BE ADDING TO THOSE AS WE GO, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO CHECK BACK THERE FOR MORE. SO ADRIAN, LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE LINES. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW BEGIN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE PRESS STAR, THEN ONE, ON YOUR TOUCH TONE PHONE. IF YOU WISH TO BE REMOVED FROM THE QUEUE, PLEASE PRESS THE POUND SIGN OR THE HASH KEY. THERE WILL BE A DELAY FOR THE FIRST QUESTION IS ANNOUNCED. IF USING SPEAKER PHONE IS YOU MAY NEED TO PICK UP THE HAND SET FIRST BEFORE PRESSING NUMBERS. ONCE AGAIN IF YOU HAVE AUDIO QUESTIONS PRESS STAR AND 1 ON YOUR TOUCH TONE PHONE. WE HAVE AMANDA BLOOM FROM HEALTH EDUCATION ON THE LINE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> YEAH, I WAS WANTING MORE CLARIFICATION ON THE TARGET NUMBERS, FOR INSTANCE THE LOCALLY FOCUSED GRANTS WOULD REACH 20,000 OR FEWER PEOPLE, IS THAT PER YEAR, AND IS THAT 20,000 PEOPLE ENROLLED? WHAT DOES EXACTLY THAT -- YOU KNOW, DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> SURE. I BELIEVE THAT THE 20,000 OR FEWER WOULD BE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT. SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU BUILD UP TO. IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC METRICS THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO COUNT, WE'RE LOOKING TO APPLICANTS TO SUGGEST THE METRICS THAT THEY THINK MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING. SO IF YOU'RE FACILITATING ENROLLMENT YOU'D WANT TO BE COUNTING THAT. AND WE'LL BE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD HELP DO THAT BY FOLLOWING UP THERE. IT MIGHT BE ALSO THINGS LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU'VE EDUCATED OR TRAINED, AND SO THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT SORT OF METRIC. SO WE WOULD LOOK TO YOU TO SUGGEST MILESTONES THAT YOU THINK MAKE SENSE AND THOSE MIGHT BE DISCUSSED WITH NIH PRIOR TO AWARD. >> THANK YOU. >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM CHRISTOPHER WELLS FROM PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> YES, THE PERSONALIZED MEDICINE COALITION. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW FUNDS COULD BE USED, YOU NOTED THEY COULD BE USED TO HIRE STAFF MEMBERS BUT I'M WONDERING IN SOME CASES THE FUND MIGHT BE APPROPRIATELY USED TO SPEND ON A -- LIKE A FIRM OR ANOTHER INSTITUTION THAT WOULD HELP EXECUTE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, AND SOME OF THOSE GROUPS MAY NOT QUALIFY AS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BY YOUR DEFINITION. BUT WOULD SERVE AS SORT OF SUBCONTRACTORS THROUGH THE PARTNER ORGANIZATION. WOULD THAT BE AN ACCEPTABLE USE OF THE FUNDS? >> SO ALL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED NEED TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. YOU MAY HAVE VENDOR INVOLVEMENT BUT IN THIS CASE THEY WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED PARTNERS. >> OKAY. >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM MOON CHEN FROM UC-DAVIS. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> YES, THANK YOU. ABOUT THE BIOS, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE NIH BIOSKETCH OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT FORM WE ARE TO SUPPLY? >> THE NIH BIOSKETCH FORM IS NOT REQUIRED FOR OT AWARD APPLICATIONS, HOWEVER WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO PROVIDE ENOUGH INFORMATION SO WE UNDERSTAND YOUR HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE RELATED TO THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. >> SO ARE THE BIO SKETCHES INCLUDED IN THE PAGE LIMIT OR SHOULD WE TRY TO CONDENSE INTO A PARAGRAPH, LIKE THERE'S A PAGE LIMIT ON KEY PERSONNEL. >> THE BIOSKETCH IS INCLUDED IN THE NUMBER OF PAGE LIMIT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> AND THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM MURRAY BRILLIANT FROM (INDISCERNIBLE) CLINIC. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> YES, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF IN THE -- ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR BLOOD COLLECTION AND SHIPPING, FOR THESE INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS? >> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. THAT'S A GREAT THING TO CLARIFY. NO. WE HAVE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS AND ENROLLMENT SITES THAT WILL BE HANDLING THAT, AND IN FACT WE WOULD NOT WANT YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT TYPE OF THING BECAUSE THAT INVOLVES A WHOLE OTHER SET OF REGULATIONS ABOUT PARTICIPANT PRIVACY AND HEALTH INFORMATION, SO THAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS. BY FACILITATING ENROLLMENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HELPING PARTICIPANTS HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS OR TABLETS, IF THEY WANT TO ENROLL ONLINE, PERHAPS HELPING WITH TRANSPORTATION IF THEY ARE INVITED TO COME IN, AND GIVE BIOSPECIMENS, THINGS LIKE THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM KATHERINE JOHNSON FROM TAYLOR. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> KATHERINE JOHANSEN FROM AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT'S ME. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT PARTNERS. I ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE SAID THAT PARTNERS HAVE TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. BUT I KNOW IN OTHER GRANT APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A LETTER IS FROM PARTNERS SAYING THEY ARE ON BOARD OR OTHER PAPERWORK THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT. DO YOU JUST ASSUME IF WE NAME A PARTNER THAT THEY ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS AND WE'VE COORDINATED WITH THEM AND YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE ANY OTHER PAPERWORK FROM THEM? >> NO INFORMATION IS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. HOWEVER, YOU ARE CORRECT THAT WE WILL ASK AND REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION UPON REVIEW AND WHEN APPLICATIONS ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING BUT AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION THAT INFORMATION IS NOT REQUIRED. >> OKAY. AND A QUICK FOLLOW-UP, IF THERE ARE GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUNDED FOR POTENTIALLY SIMILAR PROJECTS LIKE FOR INSTANCE SCRIPPS IS INVOLVED IN THE TECHNOLOGY CENTER THAT DOES INVOLVE SOME PARTICIPANT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, I WOULD ASSUME THAT FOR THOSE APPLYING THAT WOULD BE DOING SIMILAR OUTREACH IN EDUCATION FOR DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION THAT COORDINATION WITH PREVIOUSLY FUNDED AWARDEES WOULD BE PREFERRED, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR US TO SORT OF WRITE THAT INTO A PROPOSAL, THAT COORDINATION WOULD BE SOUGHT AMONG PREVIOUS AWARDEES AND THAT NIH WOULD SORT OF FACILITATE THAT TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP. >> IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE AWARD THAT ANY AWARDEE ACTUALLY DOES COORDINATE WITH THE EXISTING MEMBERS OF THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM CONSORTIUM. SO IT WOULD BE TIME AND A TASK THAT WOULD BE AN OBLIGATION ACTUALLY OF ANY AWARDEE TO COORDINATE. IF YOU HAVE IDEAS IN ADVANCE ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD COORDINATE WITH EXISTING PARTNERS, SUCH AS SCRIPPS, IT WOULD BE FINE TO INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR ENGAGEMENT APPROACH OR YOUR DESCRIPTION IN YOUR APPLICATION. >> AND WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM MATT EDICT FROM THE PUBLIC -- MICHIGAN PUBLIC HEALTH. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> YEAH, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE POPULATION REACHED. THE FIRST ONE IS, IF YOU REACH OUT TO A POPULATIO OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY GUIDANCE ON HOW BIG OF A POPULATION WE SHOULD REACH, GIVE SOME NUMBERS FOR PATIENT REACH OR COMMUNITY REACH, BUT NOT PROVIDERS? >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY GUIDANCE FOR YOU ON THAT. >> OKAY. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, ACTUALLY NEVER MIND THE OTHER QUESTION. SORRY. >> AND NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM MARGARET FROM VANDERBILT. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WORKING THROUGH A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATION THAT MAY NOT HAVE SIGNED UP. ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO THAT? FOR EXAMPLE, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN OUR REGION, ET CETERA. >> IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, CAN WE WORK WITH A HEALTH PROVIDER ORGANIZATION THAT ISN'T PART OF THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH CONSORTIUM CURRENTLY. >> RIGHT. >> AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, YOU MAY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> AND THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM SHERRY FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. >> YOU SAID YOU WERE ROLLING OUT THE FIRST YEAR TO A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA. AND WHEN I LOOKED ON THE WEB PAGE, IT DID NOT LIST MY STATE IN THAT. SO I'M WONDERING, SHOULD WE APPLY FOR IN FLORIDA? >> SO JUST FOR OTHERS WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU CAN GO THROUGH OUR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. THERE'S A HYPERLINK TO THE PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IN THE REVIEW, BUT THERE ARE, LIKE I SAID, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED. SO I WOULDN'T DISCOURAGE OR ENCOURAGE EITHER WAY. IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU. JUST BASED ON EVALUATION CRITERIA THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT THINGS BEING ASSESSED HERE. >> OKAY. AND A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT, WHEN ARE YOU AND HOW ARE YOU ACCEPTING TO INCREASE YOUR HOP POPULATION? LIKE IF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WANTED TO -- AND UF HEALTH WANTED TO PARTICIPATE, HOW WOULD THAT COME ABOUT? >> SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO LOOK AT ANY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES RELEASE. THIS IS ONE RIGHT NOW, WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON FUNDS AND DIRECTION OF THE PROGRAM. SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REALLY SPECIFY WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE MAY BE IN THE FUTURE, BUT I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SIGN UP FOR UPDATES ON OUR PROGRAM WEBSITE, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE WAY THAT WE SEND OUT NEWS OF FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS NIH NOTICE AND THE GUIDE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> AND THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM DINA FROM THE CLINICAL DIRECTOR. PLEASE GO AHEAD >> I WAS WONDERING HOW YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN REGIONAL AND NATIONAL. WE PLAN TO PROPOSE AN APPROACH THAT WOULD OPERATE IN MULTIPLE REGIONS BUT ARE NOT SURE IT WOULD COVER THE ENTIRE NATION SO WE WERE JUST WONDERING HOW THAT WOULD BE DEFINED. >> SURE. SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF HOW WE'RE EVALUATING THESE, WE SEPARATE REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND PUT THEM TOGETHER, SEPARATE FROM LOCAL. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE REGIONAL/NATIONAL BATCH, AND THAT JUST MEANS DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT ARE NOT RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. >> SO IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, I THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER. THE DISTINCTION THAT YOU DECIDE TO MAKE AND HOW YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF IS I DON'T THINK VERY IMPORTANT, AS KATIE SAID, YOU'RE ALREAD IN SORT OF THE BUCKET, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL ARE IN THE SAME BUCKET, IN ANY EVENT. >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM KATE REID FROM THE JACKSON LABORATORY. >> THANK YOU. MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH WHAT YOUR ANTICIPATED APPROVAL PROCESS IS, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPING AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE JUST TO USE THE MATERIALS YOU'VE ALREADY PRODUCED, SO WHAT TYPE OF REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THE MESSAGING PIECE DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT REQUIRING? >> THANKS. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO WE TYPICALLY TRY TO APPROVE NEW MATERIALS PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT IN THE CASE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT COULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF NEW CONTENT. SO WE WOULD HAVE BOTH OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF AT NIH AND "ALL OF US" PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAMMATIC CONTACTS REVIEW THAT, AND DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, IF IT'S FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, IF YOU'RE SEEKING ACCREDITATION, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE ACCREDITING BODY WHICH WOULD ADDED TO TIME LINE SEPARATE FROM US SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD BE THE REVIEW WITH NIH. SO WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW EXTENSIVE THIS TRAINING IS THAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING AND WE COULD GIVE SOME MORE FEEDBACK. >> OKAY. AND JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT, WHEN YOU SAY ACCREDITATION, CONTINUING MEDICAL OR NURSING EDUCATION WHERE WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT BODY, CORRECT? >> RIGHT. WE DON'T ACCREDIT THOSE TRAININGS AND JANET MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO ADD ON A MINUTE AGO. >> I DID. YOU KNOW, IN THE CASE OF ENGAGEMENT WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, WE IMAGINE THERE MIGHT BE MORE THAN ONE SCENARIO. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE MIGHT BE AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM IS, THAT THEY ARE IN A POSITION TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THEY MAY RECEIVE FROM THEIR PATIENTS, AND THE LIKE. IT'S SORT OF AN EDUCATION FOCUSED EFFORT. THOSE THINGS I THINK WOULD GO THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS JUST LIKE KATIE DESCRIBED. IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ENGAGE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS SO THAT THEY ARE MORE INVOLVED IN ASSISTING IN THE ENROLLMENT OR FACILITATING THE ENROLLMENT OF THEIR PATIENTS, THEIR PATIENTS' FAMILY MEMBERS, OR YOU MIGHT EVEN BE THINKING ABOUT SPEAKING WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ABOUT THEIR BECOMING VOLUNTEERS IN THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM. AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT ONCE YOU GET INTO THE WORLD OF COMMUNICATION WITH POTENTIAL VOLUNTEERS, WHATEVER FLAVOR THEY ARE, THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF REVIEW WITH THE IRB AND THAT MATERIALS THAT YOU DEVELOP FOR THAT PURPOSE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS HERE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AND THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM DARRELL PRITCHARD FROM PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. IF AN ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT RECEIVES AN AWARD CAN YOU PARTNER WITH COMMERCIAL ENTITIES? PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL MEDIA ENTITIES LIKE A JOURNAL OR A NEWSPRINT OR ONLINE NEWS MEDIA SOURCE. >> AS YOU SAID, ALL OF YOUR PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT. HOWEVER, ONCE AN AWARD IS MADE THERE COULD BE CHANGES AS THIS IS OTHER TRANSACTIONS, IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE DIRECTION NIH WANTS TO GO AT THAT TIME. BUT MOST OF YOUR PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT SHOULD BE BASED ON A VENDOR RELATIONSHIP AT THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> AND IF YOU HAVE AN AUDIO QUESTION, PLEASE PRESS STAR AND 1 ON YOUR TOUCH TONE PHONE. THE NEXT QUESTION FROM DINA FROM CLINICAL DIRECTOR, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> WE'RE PROPOSING MULTI-LEVEL REACH FOR APPLICATION SO CAN REACH CLINICIANS AND HEALTH CENTERS AND PATIENTS. WOULD THIS BE A MORE SUITABLE TO SUBMIT AT TWO SEPARATE APPLICATIONS OR CAN WE COMBINE TWO APPLICATIONS? >> I THINK WE'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. >> OKAY, GREAT. >> AND THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM ORLYNN GRANT, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> THIS IS THE (INDISCERNIBLE) GRANT FOUNDATION. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT ANY ETHNIC OR RACIAL GROUPS THAT YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR IN CAPTURING IN THE OUTREACH, EVEN LOOKING AT THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL GROUPS AS WELL AS CAPTURING PARTICULAR ETHNIC GROUPS IN ORDER TO EXPAND THE DATABASE. >> WE DON'T HAVE PRIORITIES AMONG RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS IN TERMS OF OUTREACH. ONE THING I MIGHT MENTION THAT COULD BE RELEVANT FOR THAT THOUGH IS THAT AT THE CURRENT TIME OUR PROGRAM IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. AND SO DEPENDING ON GROUPS THAT YOU MIGHT BE TRYING TO REACH, IT COULD BE MORE DIFFICULT SINCE WE WON'T HAVE COMMUNICATION MATERIALS TRANSLATED YET THOUGH WE PLAN TO IN THE FUTURE. >> AND THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM CARLA WILLIAMS FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> YES, THANK YOU. COULD YOU DESCRIBE THE NATURE OF THE HANDS-ON FEATURES THAT YOU MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE MOBILE UNIT? >> I'M NOT SURE I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MORE OF A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S INSIDE THE MOBILE ENGAGEMENT ASSET? >> YES, IF WE WERE GOING TO PUT THAT AS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO DO. WHAT WOULD PEOPLE ACTUALLY SEE WHEN THEY WENT INSIDE? >> SO THERE WILL BE VARIOUS STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNIT. THERE IS ONE AREA WE'RE PLANNING RIGHT NOW WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT FILL OUT A FEW BRIEF QUESTIONS ON A TABLET AND THEN HAVE A SELFIE OVERLAID WITH A COLOR THAT WOULD DISTINGUISH THEM FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO ANSWERED THINGS DIFFERENTLY. THERE ARE MIGHT BE VARIOUS OTHER SECTIONS THAT HAVE OTHER THINGS WHERE THEY CAN INTERACT WITH A TABLET TO GET MORE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROGRAM. AND SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT. >> AND THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM JODY SAMUELS FROM CALIFORNIA PRIMARY. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> HI, YES, THANK YOU, I'M FROM THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION. I ACTUALLY E-MAILED SOME QUESTIONS BUT FIGURED I WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK NOW AS WELL. SO THREE QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE, WOULD THE PRIORITY CITY AREAS, ARE YOU LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE CITY LIMITS IN TERMS OF A MUNICIPALITY OR ARE YOU CONSIDERING THE METRO REGION FOR THOSE FOUR CITIES, THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION. THE SECOND QUESTION IS IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITY REFERS TO HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, ARE YOU LOOKING AT LICENSED PROFESSIONALS OR CAN THAT INCLUDE STAND INCLUDING FRONT LINE STAFF AND THE THIRD QUESTION ARE THERE SPECIFIC FONT OR SPACING PARAMETERS FOR THE APPLICATION, THE GUIDELINES ONLY REFERENCE PAGE LIMITATIONS AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE ARE FONT SIZE AND SPACING REQUIREMENTS. >> THANKS FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE ON THE FIRST ONE ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE MUNICIPALITY OR THE OVERALL AREA. WE'RE GOING TO CONFIRM WITH OUR DIRECT VOLUNTEER GROUP ABOUT HOW EXACTLY THEY ARE TARGETING ENROLLMENT AND WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. THE QUESTION ABOUT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, WE USE THAT AS A VERY BROAD CATEGORY. WE ARE SEEKING TO ENGAGE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OF ALL SORTS WHO MIGHT INTERACT WITH POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND FRONT LINE STAFF MIGHT BE ENGAGED IN SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM, OR THAT POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS MAY COME TO THEM ASKING QUESTIONS, THAT MIGHT FALL WITHIN THAT CATEGORY. >> FOR FONT AND PAGE MARGINS WE DID NOT INCLUDE THOSE IN THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT. HOWEVER, WE WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE FONT SIZES THAT ARE EASILY READ BY THE REVIEWERS AND APPLICATION SUBMITTED THAT'S UNREADABLE WILL NOT BE REVIEWED. GENERALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT NO LESS THAN 10-POINT FONT AND USUALLY YOU'LL SEE APPLICATIONS ARE NO LESS THAN HALF INCH MARGINS. >> THANK YOU. >> REMINDER, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION PRESS STAR AND 1. THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM DINA FROM THE CLINICAL DIRECTOR. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> HI, I WAS WONDERING CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT RECRUITMENT MEANS ON THE CONTINUUM OF RECRUITMENT AND ENROLLMENT, DO AWARDEES RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS WITH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND BRING THEM TO THE INTERFACE FOR ENROLLMENT BUT NOT CONDUCT ANY PART OF THE INFORMED CONSENT? IT SEEMS LIKE ALL ACTUAL EROLLMENT TAKES PLACE WITH NON-AWARDEE STAFF. >> THAT'S CORRECT. THERE WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT ENROLLMENT. AND ALL THE STEPS THAT THAT MEANS, AND THE CONSENT PROCESSES, SO THAT'S ALL THERE. SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ENROLLMENT COUNSELORS TAKING PRIVATE HEALTH INFORMATION FROM POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS OR CROSSING THAT LINE. >> AND AS A REMINDER, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE PRESS STAR THEN 1 ON YOUR TOUCH TONE PHONE. STANDING BY FOR MORE QUESTIONS. AND WE HAVE DR. BARRETT FROM JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY ON THE LINE WITH A QUESTION. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> YES, THIS IS DR. BARNETT. I APOLOGIZE, MY AUDIO CUT IN AND OUT.% I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. I HOPE YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY ANSWERED THESE. YOU MENTIONED THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE AWARDEES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DO ALL THE APPLICATIONS HAVE TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CURRENT DEADLINE OF MARCH 24 OR THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL APPLICATION DUE DATES, SINCE THEY WILL BE ADDITIONAL AWARDS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR? THE SECOND QUESTION IS DID I HEAR YOU SAY AN APPLICANT COULD WORK WITH A PRIOR "ALL OF US" AWARDEE? AND HAVE THAT BE PART OF THEIR APPLICATION, OR NOT? >> FIRST QUESTION, APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 24, 5:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME, THE ONLY RECEIPT DATE FOR THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT. >> ALL RIGHT. AND THE SECOND QUESTION? >> SURE. TO THE SECOND QUESTION, LIKE JANET MENTIONED, ALL AWARDEES WILL BE COORDINATING AND COLLABORATING WITH ALL OF THE OTHER EXISTING AWARDEES IN OUR CONSORTIUM, BUT WE'RE NOT MAKING MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXISTING AWARDEES. SO YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO SUGGEST PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE GROUNDS FOR DISQUALIFICATION. >> NOT RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FUNDING BUT WORKING WITH THEM FOR THE OUTREACH PROCESS IN THE AREA? >> AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, THERE COULD BE SOME COLLABORATION POTENTIALLY, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO OUTLINE THOSE IN YOUR ENGAGEMENT PROPOSAL. ALSO KEEP IN MIND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REVIEW FACTORS BEING CONSIDERED AS WELL AS THE GEOGRAPHIC PRIORITY AREAS, SO THROUGH THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUTREACH ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN AREAS TO COMPLEMENT WHERE OUR EXISTING AWARDEES ARE ALREADY SERVING. >> WELL, THIS AREA IS IN ONE OF YOUR PRIORITY GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS. THE STATE IS IN BOTH OF THE LISTS WITHOUT HAVING HPOs AND PARTICULARLY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST. THANKS VERY MUCH. >> GREAT. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. >> AND THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM DIANE FROM THE NATIONAL LIBRARY. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> HI. YOU MENTIONED EARLIER REQUIRING COLLABORATION AMONGST AWARDEES. AND YOU TOUCHED ON THAT WITH THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. I'M WONDERING HOW WILL YOU FACILITATE THAT POST-AWARDS? DO YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF A PLAN? I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION AS WELL. YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT MATERIALS FOR NOW ARE ONLY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. IS A POSSIBLE PROPOSAL OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE MATERIALS IN OTHER LANGUAGES? >> THANKS, GREAT QUESTION. TO YOUR FIRST ONE, ABOUT THE TYPE OF COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE AMONG AWARDEES I CAN TELL YOU HOW THE PROGRAM HAS A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE NOW. WE HAVE ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM BEING WORKED OUT THROUGH WORKING GROUPS, AND THESE ARE ARE COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF OUR AWARDEES AS WELL AS NIH STAFF. AND WE ALSO HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE WHERE THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF ALL AWARDEES SERVES ON THE COMMITTEE, THEY TALK ABOUT ISSUES, PROVIDE INPUT TO LEADERSHIP ON POTENTIAL FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE WANTED TO EMPHASIZE COLLABORATION TO MAKE THE POINT YOU WOULD BE JOINING A LARGE GROUP OF EXISTING AWARDEES WHO ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS EFFORT, IT WOULDN'T JUST BE A SINGLE THING THAT YOU WOULD BE OUT FLYING SOLO. SO AND BECAUSE IT'S AN O.T. MECHANISM, NIH IS VERY INVOLVED, WE MIGHT PERHAPS FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, INCREASE COLLABORATION WHERE IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR THE PROGRAM. SECOND QUESTION ABOUT TRANSLATION, WE PREFER TO HANDLE TRANSLATION CENTRALLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY SECURED SOME TRANSLATION SERVICES AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE AWARDEES WITH OTHER LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES TO HELP US PERHAPS REVIEW THOSE, WHEN THE TIME COMES. >> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM MITCHELL LYNN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.% PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> HI THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. MY QUESTION REVOLVES AROUND LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE PERMITTED IN THIS PROPOSAL. AND IF THEY ARE ALLOWED, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE PAGE LIMIT. >> LETTERS OF SUPPORT ARE NOT REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. AND IF YOU DO INCLUDE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, THEY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PAGE LIMITATIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM LISA MYERS FROM THE ACADEMY. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND FOR THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY. I HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. FIRST, YOU MENTIONED THAT OUR ABILITY TO ACTUALLY GENERATE SIGN-UPS IS IMPORTANT. HOW WILL YOU TRACK OUR INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS IN GETTING SIGNUPS? SECOND, I REPRESENT A MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY, I PRESUME A MENTAL HEALTH MEDICAL COMMUNITY WOULD BE INCLUDED, BUT JUST WANTED TO BE SURE. THANK YOU. >> THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PROGRAM STAFF NOW TO FLESH OUT THE FIRST QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT HOW WE WOULD TRACK POTENTIAL ENROLLEES THAT ARE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OR NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY HELPED BRING TO THE PROGRAM. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A CODE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT PEOPLE WHO JOIN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY HEARD ABOUT YOU FROM YOU MIGHT REGISTER THAT AND THAT COULD BE ONE WAY THAT WE WOULD TRACK AND THEN WE COULD REPORT THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT, SO WE'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT LATER. IF YOUR METRICS ARE OTHER THINGS LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU EDUCATED OR TRAINED, THOSE MIGHT BE ONES THAT YOU CAN REPORT SEPARATELY ON YOUR OWN. THE SECOND QUESTION ABOUT PEOPLE WITH -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT MENTAL ILLNESS OR PERHAPS INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. DEFINITELY WE WANT THIS PROGRAM OPEN TO ALL. FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL POPULATIONS RIGHT NOW LIKE CHILDREN OR THE INCARCERATED, OR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL OR COGNITIVE DISABILITIES, WE'LL BE PLANNING A TASK FORCE IN THE COMING MONTHS TO WORK OUT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL ETHICS ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE WE OPEN ENROLLMENT TO THOSE GROUPS. BUT CERTAINLY BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE PEOPLE WITH ALL DIFFERENT HEALTH CONDITIONS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS PROGRAM IS ULTIMATELY OPEN TO ALL. >> I THINK WE HAVE ADRIAN -- I'M SORRY. ADRIAN, I THINK WE HAVE A QUESTION IN THE ROOM HERE. >> SO WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED TWO QUESTIONS BY E-MAIL THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP. THE FIRST ONE IS FROM ELAINE CHEN, WHO ASKS, HOW MUCH DOES THE "ALL OF US" PROGRAM HAVE TO BE EXPLICITLY MENTIONED IN EVERY COMMUNICATION? COULD THE ENGAGEMENT BE ABOUT THE IDEAS AROUND THE INITIATIVE? I.E. PRECISION MEDICINE INSTEAD OF JUST PROMOTION TO SIGN UP. >> THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD RAISE IN YOUR ENGAGEMENT PROPOSAL PART OF THE APPLICATION. I THINK GENERALLY MORE EDUCATION ABOUT PRECISION MEDICINE AND RESEARCH IN GENERAL WILL BE HELPFUL IN RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING. BUT ULTIMATELY OUR FOCUS IS TO MOTIVATE AND ENGAGE PEOPLE ABOUT THE "ALL OF US" RESEARCH PROGRAM, AND NOT JUST GENERAL RESEARCH SPECIFICALLY. SO WE WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT TIE IN. >> AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS FROM CAROLYN MARTIN WHO ASKS, CAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES OR SCHOOL LIBRARIES APPLY TO BE A PARTNER TO THE PROGRAM? >> AS LONG AS THEY FIT OUR ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT, THEY MAY. >> AND REMINDER IF YOU WANTS TO ASK AN AUDIO QUESTION, PRESS STAR AND 1 ON YOUR TOUCH PHONE [ PHONE RINGING ] P H ONE. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM LINDA RUSSELL. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING ENROLLMENT, THE PRIOR QUESTION ABOUT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS FOR INSTANCE DISABLED CHILDREN, PRISONERS, ET CETERA. THAT'S ONE CATEGORY. WE HAVE A LOT OF PATIENTS WHO ARE EITHER HOMELESS OR MAY NOT LITERACY ISSUES. DO YOU HAVE A VISION FOR HOW ENROLLMENT FOR THOSE PATIENTS MIGHT GO? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING THOSE POPULATIONS BECAUSE IT'S EXACTLY THE TYPE OF HARDER TO REACH POPULATIONS THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ENGAGE. WE LOOK TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO ALREADY HAVE EXPERTISE IN WORKING WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES TO BRING SOME OF THOSE IDEAS TO THE TABLE. SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE -- MIGHT NOT HAVE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP FACILITATE ENROLLMENT BY MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND HELPING PROVIDE THAT. >> RIGHT. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WEREN'T LOOKING TO PEOPLE TO TAMPA FACILITATE ENROLLMENT. >> WE'RE INTERESTED IN PEOPLE TO HELP FACILITATE ENROLLMENT. WHAT I MEANT, WE'RE NOT HAVING PEOPLE TAKE A STEP INTO MANAGING INFORMED CONSENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT KIND OF CROSSES THE LINE TO WHERE THERE'S MORE HUMAN SUBJECTS REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION, IF THEY ARE ASKED TO COME TO AN ENROLLMENT SITE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO HELP FACILITATE ENROLLMENT. >> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT QUESTION FROM DR. FRANKLIN FROM (INDISCERNIBLE) HOSPITAL. >> I HAVE A CLARIFICATION QUESTION. IS THE OPPORTUNITY STILL OPEN FOR HEALTH PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS? SO IF WE ARE A LARGE HEALTH CENTER OR A CONSORTIUM OF HEALTH CENTERS, IS THERE STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT CONSORTIUM TO PARTICIPATE? >> ORGANIZATIONS THAT MEET OUR ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, IN THIS CASE IF THEY ARE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. I JUST WOULD WANT TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY VERSUS WHAT OUR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING. WHAT SOME OF THOSE EXISTING AWARDEES ARE DOING IS HELPING BRING IN PEOPLE FOR PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS, BIOSPECIMEN COLLECTION, AND COLLECTION OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS. SO IN THIS CASE, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IS PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR. SO THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENCE. >> SO -- AND THEN THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT A HEALTH PROVIDER ORGANIZATION MIGHT DO, THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, WILL THERE BE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT WAY, OR IS THAT ALREADY COMPLETELY FILLED? TO ACTUALLY DO THE PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT, GETTING INFORMATION FROM OUR EHRs, ET CETERA. >> I THINK THERE'S NO CONFIRMED PLAN TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HEALTH PROVIDER ORGANIZATION COMPETITIONS. >> OKAY. >> THAT SAID, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE HPO NETWORK CURRENTLY IS LIMITED TO CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, AND SO I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING UNDER REVIEW BY THE PROGRAM TEAM. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM HEATHER DAVIS FROM CCLA. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> HI THERE. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE COVERED THIS, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU'VE GONE OVER THIS. I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC TARGET AGE RANGE OF THE VOLUNTEERS YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET, THAT YOU WANT THE AWARDEES TO ENGAGE. >> HI, HEATHER. THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. THAT'S A GREAT POINT. I'M GLAD YOU RAISED IT. WHEN WE LAUNCH LATER THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS YEARS 18 AND UP. IN THE FUTURE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO INCLUDE CHILDREN BUT WE'RE WORKING OUT SOME OF THE ISSUES INTERNALLY ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. WE PLAN TO HAVE A TASK FORCE THAT WILL HELP PROVIDE SOME MORE INPUT ON THAT. SO EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE ENROLLING MINORS BUT NOT YET. SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST FOR THESE APPLICANTS TO FOCUS ON ADULT POPULATIONS FOR NOW. >> THANK YOU. >> IF YOU HAVE AN AUDIO QUESTION, PLEASE PRESS STAR AND 1. WHILE WE WAITING FOR THE QUEUE DO WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE WEB? >> YES, I ACTUALLY DO HAVE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. THE FIRST ONE IS FROM MICHELLE MOSELEY, WHO WANTED TO ASK US TO CLARIFY WHETHER SUBAWARDEE SITES TO THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUNDED AS PART OF HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. >> NO, SORRY, MICHELLE, THEY ARE NOT. >> AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION SAYS, CAN YOU CLARIFY THE EARLIER REFERENCE TO INCREMENTAL FUNDING IN ONE TO TWELVE-MONTH SEGMENTS OVER THE THREE-YEAR PROGRAM PERIOD, SINCE PROPOSALS ARE TYPICALLY BUDGED, FEDERAL AWARDS MADE RELATIVE TO 12 MONTH PERIOD. >> YOU'RE CORRECT, HOWEVER UNDER THE TRANSACTION AWARD MECHANISM WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO AWARD SEGMENTS BETWEEN TIME PERIODS OF ONE TO TWELVE MONTHS, IT COULD BE MADE FOR THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS AT A TIME, EIGHT MONTHS AT A TIME. ALL OF THE AWARDS WILL BE BASED ON THE MILESTONES THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE APPLICATION, AND WHAT BEST FITS THE PROGRAM NEEDS AT THE TIME. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE WEB. >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT QUESTION FROM LINDA FROM ACCESS COMMUNITY. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> HELLO AGAIN. I FOUND ON YOUR WEBSITE SOME GEOGRAPHIC PRIORITY AREAS, HOWEVER DIDN'T FIND A LIST OF THE ALREADY COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS. IS THAT INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, AND I JUST DIDN'T FIND IT? >> I THINK THAT SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR THE PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ON THE WEBSITE. AND WASN'T FINDING IT. >> NO, NO. ACTUALLY, I SAID -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES. >> I FOUND THE GEOGRAPHIC PRIORITY AREAS BUT DID NOT FIND A LIST OF ALREADY COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS. IS THAT AVAILABLE? >> YES, THAT'S ALSO ON THE FUNDING PAGE, IF YOU LOOK TO THE TAB THAT SAYS RESEARCH FUNDED, YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF ALL OF THE AWARDS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SO FAR, WITH VERY SPECIFIC DETAILS. ALSO ON OUR PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE PAGE, YOU CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN THERE. >> THANK. >> THE NEXT QUESTION FROM SUSAN. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES. >> MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH ELIGIBILITY. YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT AGE BUT I WONDER IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WITH THE "ALL OF US" PROJECT. AND THE SECOND QUESTION, ARE ALL UNIVERSITIES THEN ELIGIBLE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY? AS NON-PROFITS. >> NON-PROFIT UNIVERSITIES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE. AND AS FAR AS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ENROLLMENT, AT THIS POINT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADULTS 18 YEARS AND UP, AND WE CANNOT OPEN IT YET TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY INCARCERATED. OTHERWISE IT'S PRETTY BROAD. >> WELL, OKAY. THANK YOU. >> AND IF YOU HAVE AN AUDIO QUESTION, PLEASE PRESS STAR AND 1. WE HAVE KIM LITTLEFIELD FROM THE UNIVERSITY. YOUR LINE IS OPEN. >> THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY HAVE THREE QUESTIONS. SO I'LL PUT THEM TO YOU ALL. THE FIRST IS A QUESTION ABOUT AFTER ENROLLMENT IN THE DIRECT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, THERE IS MENTION OF THE BASELINE PHYSICAL AND BIOSPECIMEN COLLECTION OCCURRING AT PARTICIPATING WALGREEN'S OR AT DESIGNATED LABS OR DURING A HOME VISIT. SO IS NIH COORDINATING THE SETUP OF THOSE ENTITIES AFTER, YOU KNOW, THAT ENROLLE E WOULD BE DIRECTED TO GO TO THEN? >> LET >> LET ME TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS ONE AT A TIME. >> OKAY. >> YES, WE'RE DOING THAT. THAT'S WHAT OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTICIPANT TECHNOLOGY CENTER ARE HELPING WITH. SO WHEN OUR JOINALLOFUS WEBSITE LAUNCHES THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO, WHAT ENROLLMENT CENTERS ARE LOCAL TO THEM. >> OKAY. SO THE NEXT QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE COMPENSATION OF THE ENROLLEE. IS THAT DONE BY THE POINT OF SERVICE PROVIDER THEN, THAT WALGREEN'S OR THE LAB OR THE HOME VISIT NURSE? OR HOW IS THE ENROLLEE COMPENSATED? >> SO ENROLLEES ARE NOT RECEIVING PAYMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM. WE ARE CONSIDERING MAKING $25 IN COSTS AVAILABLE TO THEM, IF THEY COME IN FOR THE PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS AND THE BIOSPECIMEN COLLECTION SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THOSE PARTICIPANTS. THAT'S UNDER DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. OUR PROTOCOL IS STILL BEING FINALIZED AND UNDER APPROVAL RIGHT NOW WITH OUR IRB. BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THESE AWARDEES THROUGH THE CURRENT FO, THE CURRENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, WOULD BE REQUIRED ASSIST WITH. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ENROLLEES NOT COMPENSATED BUT PEOPLE WHO COMPLETE THE BASELINE AND THE BIOSPECIMEN COLLECTION ACTIVITIES MAY BE COMPENSATED, AND THAT WOULD BE DONE AT THE POINT OF CARE? OR THE POINT OF COLLECTION? >> POTENTIALLY. >> THAT COMPENSATION. >> THOSE DETAILS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. SO MY LAST QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH ACTIONABLE HEALTH INFORMATION. SO THE -- YOU KNOW, GENOMIC ANALYSIS FROM THESE SAMPLES WOULD BE DONE IT SAYS IN THE RFA PERHAPS YEARS LATER. IF THERE IS ACTIONABLE HEALTH INFORMATION THAT COMES BACK, WHERE WILL THAT INFORMATION GO, SO THAT IT CAN BE RETURNED TO AN ENROLLEE? >> SO OUR GENOMIC PLAN IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S INCLUDING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF INFORMATION WE MAY BE ABLE TO RETURN TO PEOPLE, AND HOW. WE CLEARLY WOULD WANT TO DO IT IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY, ETHICALLY. SO THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILS TO COME ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. THE OTHER THING TO MENTION ABOUT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVING INFORMATION IN GENERAL IS THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SET PREFERENCES FOR HOW OFTEN THEY ARE CONTACT AND WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION THEY WISH TO HAVE BACK. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT WANT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS THEY CAN, AND OTHERS MIGHT SAY, HERE'S MY DATA, GO FORTH. I'M NOT THAT INTERESTED IN ALL OF THE FOLLOW-UP. WE EXPECT THAT TO BE A BIT MORE RARE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THAT IS PART OF OUR PROGRAM, TO HONOR PARTICIPANTS' PREFERENCES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> NEXT QUESTION FROM (INDISCERNIBLE) FROM AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEBINAR YOU HAD MENTIONED THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT PARTICIPANTS CAN ENROLL, PARTNERS CAN ENROLL, SORRY. EITHER DIRECTLY THROUGH THE NIH WEBSITE OR THROUGH AN HPO. CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT COVER ANY KIND OF THIRD TECHNICAL SOLUTION? (INDISCERNIBLE). >> REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME. >> SURE. SO CAN YOU CONFIRM FOR US THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY DOES NOT COVER ANY KIND OF TECHNICAL SOLUTION, SYSTEM TO SYSTEM SOLUTION, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAD A PROGRAM THAT RECRUITS PEOPLE FOR OTHER THINGS WE COULDN'T SOMEHOW DO A TECHNICAL SOLUTION. >> LIKE ADDITIONAL I.T. SUPPORT FOR EXAMPLE? >> PARDON ME? >> YOU MEAN LIKE ADDITIONAL I.T. SUPPORT OR ADDITIONAL WEB PRESENCE? >> YES, EXACTLY. >> NO, YOU WOULD NOT -- >> I.T. PLUGIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> RIGHT. NO, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. YOU WOULD BE COMPLETELY WELCOME TO SEND EVERYBODY JUST TO THE MAIN JOINALLOFUS.ORG WEBSITE. PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS, WE ALSO PLAN TO MAKE AVAILABLE WEB BANNERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THOSE MIGHT BE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT ON YOUR OWN WEBSITE IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ONE THAT WOULD HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC THAT WAY, SO IT WOULDN'T ENTAIL YOU HAVING TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW WEBSITE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AND IF YOU HAVE AN AUDIO QUESTION, PLEASE PRESS STAR AND 1 ON YOUR TOUCH TONE PHONE. WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR MORE AUDIO QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE WEB? >> I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION OVER THE PHONE. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A PERSON IN THE QUEUE, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME. >> THIS IS NICOLE CROWELL AT MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO OFFER COMPENSATION FOR PARTICIPANTS, FOR INSTANCE IF WE'RE PROVIDING THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OF "ALL OF US," CAN WE PROVIDE A $5 GIFT CARD FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION OR SOME TYPE OF INCENTIVE TO AT LEAST HAVE THEM LISTEN? >> PARTICIPANTS INCENTIVES WOULD HAVE TO BE WELL JUSTIFIED IN THE APPLICATION. WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE "ALL OF US" PROGRAM, THE IDEA THERE'S THE SAME EXPERIENCE NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE INVOLVED, SO ANY ONE GROUP DECIDING TO PROVIDE INSEVEN AS INCENTIVES WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT REVIEWED SO IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT. >> AND THAT MIGHT REQUIRE ADDITION REVIEW BY THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> I THINK THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TODAY. BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE TAKING PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS THROUGH E-MAIL, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL US YOUR QUESTIONS. WE'LL TRY TO GET BACK TO YOU QUICKLY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE INTEREST THERE IS FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THANKS SO MUCH.U. - >> THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S CONFERENCE. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING.