[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16268-16269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8595]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Individual National
Research Service Award Application 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: Individual National Research Service Award Application and
Related Forms. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision, OMB
0925-0002, Expiration Date 6/30/98. Form Numbers: PHS 416-1, 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, 6031-1) are used by these individuals to
activate, terminate, and provide for
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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 Response: 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, 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 Charles MacKay, 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:
[email protected].
COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before June
1, 1998.
Dated: March 24, 1998.
Geoffrey E. Grant,
Director, Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, NIH.
[FR Doc. 98-8595 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am]
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