96-7016. Proposed Data Collections Available for Public Comment and Recommendations

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11851-11852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7016]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Data Collections Available for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
requires that Federal Agencies provide a 60-day notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information. The 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) is publishing this notice to 
solicit public comment on a proposed data collection for the 
Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged 
Backgrounds (UGSP). To request copies of the data collection plans and 
instruments, call Mr. Marc Horowitz on [phone] (not a toll-free 
number).
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection is 
necessary, including whether the information has practical use; (b) 
ways to enhance the clarity, quality, and use of the collection; (c) 
the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the proposed 
collection; and (d) ways to minimize the collection burden of the 
respondents. Written comments are requested within 60 days of the 
publication of this notice. Send comments to Marc S. Horowitz, J.D., 
Director, Loan Repayment and Scholarship Programs, Office of Science 
Education, NIH, 7550 Wisconsin Avenue, Room 604, Bethesda, MD 20892-
9015.

Proposed Project

    The NIH intends to make available scholarships to undergraduate 
students under the NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program for 
Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (UGSP). The UGSP is 
authorized by Sec. 487D of the Public Health Service

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(PHS) Act (42 USC 288-2), as amended by the NIH Revitalization Act of 
1993 (Pub. L. 103-43). This program intends to provide scholarships, in 
an amount not to exceed $20,000 per academic year, toward expenses 
associated with full-time attendance at an accredited undergraduate 
institution, including tuition and reasonable education and living 
expenses. For each year of scholarship support from the NIH, the 
recipient agrees to two service obligations or pay-back requirements: 
(1) Ten consecutive weeks of pay-back as a full-time NIH employee 
during the months of June-August during the academic year (in-school 
service obligation) and (2) one year (12 months) of pay-back as a full-
time NIH employee after graduation from the undergraduate institution 
(post-graduation service obligation). The post-graduation service 
obligation or pay-back requirement may be deferred, at the request of 
the scholarship recipient and with the approval of the Secretary, 
Department of Health and Human Services, during continuous periods of 
graduate or medical/dental/veterinarian school training.
    The UGSP is designed to provide an incentive to undergraduate 
students from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue studies which will 
prepare them for careers in biomedical research at the NIH.
    The information proposed for collection will be used by the OSE to 
determine an applicant's eligibility for participation in the UGSP. The 
UGSP application consists of two parts: Part I (Information About the 
Applicant) is completed by the applicant; and Part II (Verification) is 
completed by the Undergraduate Institution.
    The annual burden estimates are as follows:

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                                                                  Avg.  
                                                        No.      burden 
                                           No.       responses     per  
                                       respondents      per     response
                                                    respondent    (Hrs) 
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Applicant............................        500            1        3.0
Undergraduate Institution............        500            1        0.5
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    Dated March 13, 1996.
Ruth Kirschstein,
Deputy Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 96-7016 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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