[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10504-10505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4551]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; NIH Intramural 
Research Training Award, Program Application

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Director, 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 
previoiusly published in the Federal Register on Thursday, October 28, 
1999, page 58071 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 pblic 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: NIH Intramural Research Training Award, Program Application; 
Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of OMB No. 0925-0299; 
4/30/2000; Need and Use of Information Collection: The proposed 
information collection activity is for the purpose of collecting data 
related to the availability of Training Fellowships under the NIH 
Intramural Resaerch Training Award Program. This information must be 
submitted in order to receive due consideration for an award and wil be 
used to determine the eligibility and quality of potential awardees. 
Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Individuals 
seeking Intramural Training award opportunities. Type of Respondents: 
Postdoctoral, Predoctoral, Post-baccalaureate, Technical, and Student 
IRTA applicants.
    Estimated Number of Respodents: 15,779. Estimated Number of 
Resposnes Per Respondent: 1. Average Burden Hours Requested: .53 
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 8,422.
    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondent                    number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested
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Postdoctoral IRTA...............................           1,089               1            1              1,089
Predoctoral.....................................               6               1            1                  6
Postbaccalaureate...............................             290               1            1                290
Technical IRTA..................................              27               1            1                 27

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Student IRTA....................................           3,386               1            1              3,386
References for all IRTA categories..............          10,981  ..............             .33           3,624
    Total.......................................          15,779               1             .53           8,422
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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 agency, including whether the information 
will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and the clarity of 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.

Direct Comments to

    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 inistruments, 
contact: Edie Bishop, Human Resource Consultant, Office of Human 
Resource Management, OD, NIH, Building 31, Room B3C07, 31 Center Drive 
MSC. 2203, Bethesda, MD, 20892-2203.

Comments Due Date

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of this 
publication.

    Dated: February 17, 2000.
Frederick C. Walker,
Executive Officer, OD, NIH.
[FR Doc. 00-4551 Filed 2-25-00; 8:45 am]
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