<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Dear DDI community:<br><br>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently posted a funding opportunity related to "time-limited, catalytic support for activities necessary to develop or extend/refine data and metadata standards and/or related tools in areas relevant to the NIH basic, translational, and clinical research mission." See:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-16-010.html" target="_blank">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/<wbr>guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-16-010.<wbr>html</a></div><div><br></div><div>This seems like a good opportunity to support DDI development, especially into biomedical uses.<br><br>We've scheduled a brainstorming session for this upcoming Wednesday (31 August) at 4pm EDT. Call log-in details are below. If you think you'll be able to join the call, please let me know. Barry Radler (University of Wisconsin Institute on Aging – MIDUS study) is putting together an agenda with proposal ideas that we'll distribute before the call.<br><br>Sincerely,</div><div>Jared</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#999999">Jared Lyle</font></div><div><font color="#999999">Director, DDI Alliance</font></div><div><font color="#999999">ICPSR, University of Michigan<br><a href="tel:%2B1%20734-763-6075" value="+17347636075" target="_blank">+1 734-763-6075</a></font></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><div>To join the Meeting:</div><div><a href="https://bluejeans.com/908120720" target="_blank">https://bluejeans.com/<wbr>908120720</a></div><div><br></div><div>To join via Browser:</div><div><a href="https://bluejeans.com/908120720/browser" target="_blank">https://bluejeans.com/<wbr>908120720/browser</a></div><div><br></div><div>To join with Lync:</div><div><a href="https://bluejeans.com/908120720/lync" target="_blank">https://bluejeans.com/<wbr>908120720/lync</a></div><div><br></div><div>To join via Cisco Jabber Video:</div><div><a href="https://bluejeans.com/908120720/jabber" target="_blank">https://bluejeans.com/<wbr>908120720/jabber</a></div><div><br></div><div>To join via Room System:</div><div>Video Conferencing System: <a href="http://bjn.vc" target="_blank">bjn.vc</a> -or-199.48.152.152</div><div>Meeting ID : 908120720</div><div><br></div><div>To join via phone :</div><div>1) Dial: </div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="tel:%2B1.888.240.2560" value="+18882402560" target="_blank">+1.888.240.2560</a></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>(see all numbers - <a href="http://bluejeans.com/numbers" target="_blank">http://bluejeans.com/numbers</a>)</div><div>2) Enter Conference ID : 908120720</div></div></div></div>
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