Pre-application Meeting for Requests-for-Applications (RFAs) for the Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) (RFA-CA-09-017, CA-09-018, CA-09-019, and CA-09-020) The NCI will hold a pre-application meeting for four Requests for Applications (RFAs) corresponding to the components of the NCI program for Early Detection Research Network (EDRN). These EDRN components are as follows: Biomarker Developmental Laboratories (covered by RFA-CA-09-017); Clinical Validation Centers (covered by RFA-CA-09-018) Biomarker Reference Laboratories (covered by RFA-CA-09-019); and Data Management and Coordinating Center and Statistical and Biomarker Resource Center (covered by RFA-CA-09-020)

All prospective applicants are invited to attend this meeting. This meeting will take place in Masur Auditorium (Building 10) on the main campus of National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD from1:00 pm to 4:00 pm on September 29, 2009. The meeting is intended to be informative to prospective applicants considering responding to the EDRN RFAs. NCI Program Staff and other NCI representatives will provide an overview of the EDRN program and will explain specific aspects of each of the four RFAs. ,A short presentation will be followed by a question and answers session. Questions prior to and during the meeting may be submitted by e-mail to ncidcpedrn-r@mail.nih.gov .

For more information: http://edrn.nci.nih.gov/

National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Prevention, Cancer Biomarkers Research Group