Current Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities Research Centers:

University of Alabama Mental Retardation Research Center
Birmingham, AL
Friedlander, Michael, Director

Mental Retardation Research Center
University of California at Los Angeles, CA
DeVellis, Jean, Director

Center Grant for Research in Mental Retardation
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
Crnic, Linda, Director

MRDDRC at Children's National Medical Center
Washington, DC
Tuchman, Mendel, Director

Kansas Mental Retardation Research Center
University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Warren, Steven, Director

Mental Retardation Research Center
Kennedy Krieger Research Institute of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Denckla, Martha, Director

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research
Children's Hospital of Boston, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Volpe, Joseph, Director

Research in Mental Retardation
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center for Mental Retardation, Waltham, MA
McIlvane, William, Director

Mental Retardation Research Center
Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Faber, Donald, Director

Child Development and Mental Retardation Center
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC
Piven, Joseph, Director

NICHD Mental Retardation Research Center
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Yudkoff, Marc, Director

John F. Kennedy Center for Mental Retardation
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Camarata, Stephen, Director

Baylor Mental Retardation Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Zoghbi, Huda, Director

Center for Research in Mental Retardation and Child Development
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Guralnick, Michael, Director

Wisconsin Center on Mental Retardation: Core Support
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Dolan, Terrence, Director

Pre-application Workshop:

The MRDD Branch of NICHD will hold an all-day pre-application workshop for individuals interested in and intent upon responding to the recently issued Request for Applications, RFA-HD-02-009, "Fragile X Research Centers." Because the mechanism proposed for the Fragile X Research Center, the concept of a "Center within a Center," is novel, and because no site visits will be held in connection with the review of applications submitted in response to this RFA, interested parties are encouraged to attend this workshop.

• Workshop Content
  
  Workshop presentations by NICHD staff will focus on such issues as application guidelines, policies, clarification of concepts, and review procedures. Questions from participants will be welcomed.
  
  
• Attendance
  
  Seating capacity at the workshop is limited. Interested individuals who might appropriately attend include Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability Research Center Directors, proposed Fragile X Research Center Directors, and institutional administrative personnel from domestic and/or foreign institutions who contemplate collaborative participation in a Fragile X Research Center.
  
  PLEASE NOTE: Attendance at the pre-application workshop is not a prerequisite for submitting an application in response to RFA-HD-02-009. A summary of the workshop discussion, as well as a list of questions and answers presented during the workshop will be posted on this site following the meeting.
  
  
• Logistics and Accommodations Travel to the workshop, accommodations, and expenses are solely the responsibility of the attendee. A list of nearby hotels and directions to the Neuroscience Research Center will be provided upon request. The Neuroscience Research Center has dining facilities to accommodate attendees during breakfast, breaks, and lunch. Transportation to the Neuroscience Research Center will be the responsibility of the attendee.
  
  
• Security Issues Due to heightened security measures at all NIH facilities, each attendee should be prepared to provide an institutional ID as well as any other requested form of identification (such as a driver's license or passport) to gain entrance to the workshop. Only individuals who appear on an advance list as identified participants in the pre-application workshop will be permitted access to the meeting.
  
  
• Notification of Intent to Participate
  
  To help the MRDD Branch prepare to accommodate interested parties and to provide a list of participants to security officials at the Neuroscience Research Center prior to the workshop, intent to attend this workshop, including the names and institutional affiliations of all members of groups attending together, should be sent by email to Mary Lou Oster-Granite, Ph. D. at mo96o@nih.gov no later than March 1, 2002.

Mary Lou Oster-Granite, Ph. D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Branch
Center for Research for Mothers and Children
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Bethesda, MD