[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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