[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39140-39141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18967]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; NIH Undergraduate
Scholarship Program for Individuals From Disadvantaged Backgrounds
(UGSP)
AGENCY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship
Programs/OIR, the National Institutes of Health 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 March
22, 1996, page 11851, and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public
comments were received. The purpose of this notice is the allow an
additional 30 days for public comment. The NIH 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 DATA COLLECTION: Title: NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program
for Individual from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (UGSP). Type of
Information Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: The
information collected is needed to assess eligibility and potential of
applicants for the UGSP, a program intended to recruit undergraduate
students into research field required by the NIH. The program is for
students from disadvantaged backgrounds and provides full-time
undergraduate students with scholarship of up to $20,000 per year for
up to 4 years. As part of the UGSP scholars must enter research service
agreements with the NIH for 10 consecutive weeks during the summer and,
after graduation, 1 year for each scholarship year. Frequency of
Response: Annual. Affected Public: Individuals; small business
entities. Type of Respondents: Students applying for the scholarships,
educational institutions, and persons recommending the applicants. The
annual reporting burden is presented below:
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Estimated
Number of total
Estimate responses Average annual
Type of respondent Number of per hourly burden
respondents respondent burden hours
requested
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Student Applicant........................................... 500 1 3.0 1,500
Educational Institution..................................... 500 1 0.5 500
Recommenders................................................ 1,500 1 0.5 750
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Totals................................................ 2,500 ........... ........... 2,750
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The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $34,798. 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 purposed 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 assumption 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.
DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding
the item(s) 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, DC
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 Mr. Marc S. Horowitz, Director, Office of Loan
Repayment and Scholarship Programs/OIR/NIH, Rm. 604, 7550 Wisconsin
Ave., Bethesda, MD 20892-9121, or call non-toll-free number (301) 402-
5666 or e-mail your request, including your address, to mh8k@nih.gov>
or access the Scholarship Office on the Internet at
COMMENTS DUE DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before
August 26, 1996.
Dated: July 18, 1996.
Ruth L. Kirschstein,
Deputy Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 96-18967 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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