[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 99 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28001-28002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13046]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Training Tomorrow's
Scientists: Linking Minorities and Mentors Through the Web
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment
on proposed data collection projects, the Office of Behavioral and
Social Sciences Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes
of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to
be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval.
Proposed Collection
Title: Training Tomorrow's Scientists: Linking Minorities and
Mentors through the Web. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW.
Need and Use of Information Collection: This activity will increase the
visibility of the National Institutes of Health's Research Supplements
for Underrepresented Minorities program. The primary objective is to
ensure in the coming decades a concentration of minority researchers
who will address behavioral and social factors important in improving
the public health and eliminating racial disparities. The Office will
design a web site that will link promising minorities at the high
school through junior faculty levels with senior NIH-funded researchers
who are willing to mentor. The activity is consistent with the
Congressional mandate for the Office to enhance behavioral and social
science training opportunities at NIH, especially for minorities.
Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Pubic:
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Individuals or households; State, Local or Tribal Government. Type of
Respondents: Students (high school, college, graduate school),
postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and NIH researchers. The annual
reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,000;
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours
Per Response: .49; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested:
1960. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: 0. There are
no Capital Costs to report. There are No Operating or Maintenance Costs
to report.
Request for Comments
Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request more information on the proposed
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Dr. Paula Skedsvold, Science Policy Officer,
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Office of the
Director, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building
31, Room B1C32, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301)
435-6780 or E-mail your request, including your address to:
skedsvop@od.nih.gov.
COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before July
23, 1999.
Dated: May 18, 1999.
Virginia Cain,
Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Behavioral and Social
Sciences Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of
Health.
[FR Doc. 99-13046 Filed 5-21-99; 8:45 am]
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