[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4776-4777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2484]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Research and Research 
Training Grant Applications and Related Forms

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 Extramural 
Research, the 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: Research and Research Training Grant 
Applications and Related Forms. Type of Information Collection Request: 
Revision, OMB 0925-0001, Expiration Date 9/30/97. Form Numbers: PHS 
398, 2590, 2271, 3734 and HHS 568. Need and Use of Information 
Collection: The application is used by applicants to request Federal 
assistance for research and research-related training. The other 
related forms are used for trainee appointment, final invention 
reporting, and to relinquish rights to a research grant. Frequency of 
Response: Applicants may submit applications for published receipt 
dates. If awarded, annual progress is reported and trainees may be 
appointed or reappointed. 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 professionals. The annual reporting burden is as 
follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 111,182; Estimated Number of 
Responses per Respondent: 1.05; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 
19.63; and Estimated total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 2,291,676. 
The estimated annualized cost to respondents in $80,127,861 (Using a 
$35 physician/professor/clerical/trainee/administration staff 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 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)

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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 CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Barbara Wassell, Project Clearance Liaison, 
Division of Grants Policy, Office of Policy for Extramural Research, 
NIH, Rockledge II Building, Room 2189, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, 
MD 2089-7730, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0937 or E-mail 
your request, including your address to: 
<[email protected]>.

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received within 60-days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: January 23, 1997.
Ruth L. Kirschstein,
Deputy Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 97-2484 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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