PUBLIC LAW 106-505—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2327 individuals who are exceptionally qualified to appraise the merits of potential clinical research training and research grant proposals. ". SEC. 204. GENERAL CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTERS. (a) GRANTS. — Subpart 1 of part E of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: "SEC. 481C. GENERAL CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTERS. 42 USC 287a-4. "(a) GRANTS.—The Director of the National Center for Research Resources shall award grants for the establishment of general clinical research centers to provide the infrastructure for clinical research including clinical research training and career enhancement. Such centers shall support clinical studies and career development in all settings of the hospital or academic medical center involved. "(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of National Institutes of Health shall expand the activities of the general clinical research centers through the increased use of telecommunications and telemedicine initiatives. "(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year.". (b) ENHANCEMENT AWARDS. — Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.), as amended by section 203, is further amended by adding at the end the following: "SEC. 409D. ENHANCEMENT AWARDS. 42 USC 2841. "(a) MENTORED PATIENT-ORIENTED RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS.— "(1) GRANTS. — "(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall make grants (to be referred to as 'Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Awards') to support individual careers in clinical research at general clinical research centers or at other institutions that have the infrastructure and resources deemed appropriate for conducting patient-oriented clinical research. "(B) USE.— Grants under subparagraph (A) shall be used to support clinical investigators in the early phases 3f their independent careers by providing salary and such other support for a period of supervised study. "(2) APPLICATIONS.— An application for a grant under this subsection shall be submitted by an individual scientist at such time as the Director may require. "(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year. "(b) MID-CAREER INVESTIGATOR AWARDS IN PATIENT-ORIENTED, RESEARCH.— "(1) GRANTS.— "(A) IN GENERAL.— The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall make grants (to be referred to as 'Mid-Career Investigator Awards in Patient-Oriented Research') to support individual clinical research projects
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