[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37403-37404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18321]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review Collection; Comment Request; Individual
National Research Service Award Application and Related Forms
Summary
Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Extramural Research, the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information
collection listed below. This proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register on April 2, 1998, pages
16268-16269 and allowed 60-days for public comment. No public comments
were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30
days for public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not
conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to,
an information collection that has been extended, revised, or
implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection
Title: Individual National Research Service Award Application and
Related Forms. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision, OMB
0925-0002, Expiration Date 9/30/98. Form Numbers: PHS 416-1, 416-9,
416-5, 416-7, 6031, 6031-1. Need and Use of Information Collection: The
PHS 416-1 and PHS 416-9 are used by individuals to apply for direct
research training support. Awards are made to individual applicants for
specified training proposals in biomedical and behavioral research,
selected as a result of a national competition. The other related forms
(PHS 416-5, 416-7, 6031 and 6031-1) are used by these individuals to
activate, terminate, and provide for payback of a National Research
Service Award. Frequency of Response: Applicants may submit
applications for published receipt dates. If awarded, annual progress
is reported. Related forms are used at activation, termination, and to
provide for payback of a National Research Service Award. Affected
Public: Individuals or Households: Business or other for-profit; Not-
for-profit institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local or tribal
Government. Type of Respondents: Adult scientific trainees and
professionals. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated
Number of Respondents: 29, 748; Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.0834; Average Burden Hours Per Responses: 2.658 hours;
and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 85,679. The
estimated annualized cost to respondents is $1,985,472 (Using a $35
physician/professor average hourly wage rate, and a $12 trainee average
hourly wage rate.) 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,
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electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Direct Comments to OMB
Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and
associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or
to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact:
Charles MacKay, Ph.D., NIH Project Clearance Officer, Division of
Grants Policy, Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration,
OER, NIH, Rockledge II, Rm. 2196, 6701 Rockledge Dr., Bethesda, MD
20892-7730, or call non-toll free at (301) 435-0978 or E-mail your
request, including your address to: mackayc@odrockm1.od.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date
Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of
having their full effect if received on or before August 10, 1998.
Dated: June 30, 1998.
Diana Jaeger,
Director, Division of Grants Policy, Office of Policy for Extramural
Research Administration, OER, NIH.
[FR Doc. 98-18321 Filed 7-9-98; 8:45 am]
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