[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 99 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28001-28002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13046]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Training Tomorrow's 
Scientists: Linking Minorities and Mentors Through the Web

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 Behavioral and 
Social Sciences Research, Office of the Director, 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: Training Tomorrow's Scientists: Linking Minorities and 
Mentors through the Web. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. 
Need and Use of Information Collection: This activity will increase the 
visibility of the National Institutes of Health's Research Supplements 
for Underrepresented Minorities program. The primary objective is to 
ensure in the coming decades a concentration of minority researchers 
who will address behavioral and social factors important in improving 
the public health and eliminating racial disparities. The Office will 
design a web site that will link promising minorities at the high 
school through junior faculty levels with senior NIH-funded researchers 
who are willing to mentor. The activity is consistent with the 
Congressional mandate for the Office to enhance behavioral and social 
science training opportunities at NIH, especially for minorities. 
Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Pubic:

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Individuals or households; State, Local or Tribal Government. Type of 
Respondents: Students (high school, college, graduate school), 
postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and NIH researchers. The annual 
reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,000; 
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours 
Per Response: .49; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 
1960. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: 0. 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: To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Paula Skedsvold, Science Policy Officer, 
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Office of the 
Director, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 
31, Room B1C32, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 
435-6780 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 July 
23, 1999.

    Dated: May 18, 1999.
Virginia Cain,
Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Behavioral and Social 
Sciences Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of 
Health.
[FR Doc. 99-13046 Filed 5-21-99; 8:45 am]
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