[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79413-79414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32306]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4562-N-10]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB 
Application Kit--HUD Urban Scholars Fellowships Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting pubic comments on the 
subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the 
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and 
should be sent to: Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy 
Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street, SW., Room 8126, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Karadbil, Office of University 
Partnerships--telephone (202) 708-1537, extension 5918. This is not a 
toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Karadbil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, an information collection package with 
respect to a proposed Notice of Funding Availability for the HUD Urban 
Scholars Fellowship Program. HUD seeks to implement this initiative as 
soon as possible.
    The HUD Urban Scholars Fellowship Program seeks to encourage recent 
Ph.D.s to undertake research now, and throughout their careers, on 
research topics of interest to HUD. Approximately 10 fellows will be 
selected with Fiscal Year 2000 funds.
    Submission of the information required under this information 
collection is mandatory in order to compete for and receive the 
benefits of the program. All materials submitted are subject to the 
Freedom of Information Act and can be disclosed upon request. An agency 
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, 
a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid 
control number. The OMB control number, when assigned, will be 
announced by a separate notice in the Federal Register.
    The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of 
information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35):
    (1) Title of the information collection proposal:
    Application Kit--HUD Urban Scholars Fellowship Program
    (2) Summary of the collection of information:
    Each applicant for this program would be required to submit current 
information, as listed below as:
    (A) SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance. Include the name 
and address of the person authorized to execute the grant agreement in 
Block 5. Include the institution's tax ID number in Block 6. The 
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance number for the program is 
14.518. The form should be signed by the appropriate university 
official.
    (B) Applicant information including:
    (1) Title of the research project;
    (2) Applicant's name, university and home addresses, university and 
home telephone and facsimile numbers, and email address;
    (3) Applicant's university name, department, mailing address, 
telephone and facsimile numbers.
    (4) Applicant's advisor's name, address, telephone and facsimile 
number;
    (5) Applicant's mentor's name, address, telephone and facsimile 
number;
    (6) Graduate and post-graduate education.
    (C) A letter from the chair of the applicant's department that he/
she has met all the eligibility criteria.
    (D) A letter from the appropriate official that describes the 
support from the applicant's university.
    (E) A letter from the applicant's mentor stating his/her 
qualifications to be the applicant's mentor and his/her proposed role 
in the research project.
    (F) A one-page abstract of the research project.
    (G) A narrative of the proposed research, not to exceed 10 double-
spaced typed pages. This narrative must include the following in the 
following order:
    (1) Statement of the problem;
    (2) Research design and methodology;
    (3) Policy relevance of the research;
    (4) How the research will add to the current knowledge base.
    (H) A working bibliography of the proposed project.
    (I) An annotated bibliography, e.g., a two- or three-sentence 
annotation for ten to twelve key sources in the working bibliography.
    (J) List of the applicant's publications: books, refereed journal 
articles, chapters contributed to books, articles in published 
proceedings, and any other articles.
    (K) List of presentations made and posters exhibited during the 
last five years.
    (L) Grants and awards received during the last five years.
    (M) Teaching load during the last five years.
    (N) Four to six letters of reference.
    (O) A proposed budget.
    (3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use:
    To appropriately determine which applicants should be awarded HUD 
Urban Scholars Fellowships, certain information is necessary about the 
applicant's research project and qualifications.
    (4) Description of the likely respondents, including the estimated 
number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the 
collection of information:
    Respondents will PhDs with academic appointments at institutions of 
higher education. Fellows will also be expected to prepare and submit 
progress reports half-way through their fellowships and a final report.
    The estimated number of respondents submitting applications is 100. 
The proposed frequency of the response to the collection of information 
is one-time. The application need only be submitted once. The estimated 
number of respondents to the monitoring requirements is 10.
    (5) Estimate of the total reporting burden that will result from 
the collection of information:
    Reporting Burden: Number of respondents: 100 for applicants; 10 for 
monitoring requirements.
    Total burden hours: 32 hours per respondent for applications; 12 
hours a year per respondent for monitoring requirements.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,320.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, asa amended.


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    Dated: December 12, 2000.
Susan M. Wachter,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. 00-32306 Filed 12-18-00 8:45 am]
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