The National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council convened in closed session to consider applications in the areas of allergy and immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases, and AIDS.
Funding Actions: The Council reviewed 1999 research and training applications with primary assignment to NIAID for a requested amount of $474,024,846 in first-year direct costs and recommended approval of 494 applications for $120,544,239 in first-year direct costs. Five Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) awards were recommended for approval.