The NIH is providing significant support for the development of mice with genetic changes. This resource is being developed to assist the scientific community in furthering its interest in biomedical research. To ensure that these mouse resources are made available to the scientific community in a timely manner, the NIH has developed a draft policy, which can be found at http://www.nih.gov/science/models/mouse/sharing/index.html.

Any modifications to the draft statement will appear at that site after the 60-day public comment period. Institutions, organizations, and individuals are invited to comment on the draft statement and associated documents. Comments must be received no later than August 1, 2003. Please send any comments concerning the NIH Draft Statement via e-mail to sharemymouse@nih.gov or by mail to Share-My-Mouse, NSC, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rm 4263, Bethesda, MD 20892.

NIH will consider all comments and make changes to the policy where warranted in
both the draft statement and associated documents.