[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: [email protected].

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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