What is the application process for becoming a member of the NGC?
A8. Effective Sept. 1, 2004, the process for acquiring membership is: • Submission of requests for membership. Written requests for membership will be received three times per year (April 1, August 1, and December 1) by the NGC Chair with a copy to your project officer: Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D. Chair, NIDA Genetic Data Access Request Committee NIH/NIDA Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology Research Branch Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research 6001 Executive Blvd. Rm 5227, MSC 9555 Bethesda, MD 20892-9555 Rockville, Maryland 20852 (for courier/overnight mail service) Phone: 301-443-1887 Fax: 301-594-6043 E-Mail: jrutter@mail.nih.gov • Review of requests for membership. The NIDA access committee, an outside panel of experts who serve to review the applications and advise the NGC Steering Committee, will convene by phone conference to discuss the merit of each request in the context of the existing studies with the NGC. This committee does not replace or supersede the IRG. In the si
