[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7224]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Revision of OMB No. 
0925-0001/exp.05/31/01, ``Research and Research Training Grant 
Applications and Related Forms''

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of requirement of section 3507(a)(1)(D) 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Director 
(OD), Office of Extramural Research, the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a 
request for review and approval of the information collection listed 
below. The proposed information collection was previously published in 
the Federal Register on December 7, 2000, Page 76649 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 comments. 
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: Research and Research Training Grant 
Applications and Related Forms. Types of Information Collection 
Request: Revision, OMB 0925-0001, Expiration Date 05/31/01. Form 
Numbers: PHS 398, 2590, 2271, 3734 and HHS 568. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: The application is used by applicants to 
request Federal assistance for research and research-related training. 
The other related forms are used for trainee appointment, final 
invention reporting, and to relinquish rights to a research grant. 
Frequency of response: Applicants may submit applications for published 
receipt dates. If awarded, annual progress is reported and trainees may 
be appointed or reappointed. 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 professionals. The annual reporting 
burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 114,407; 
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours 
Per Response: 12.040; and Estimated total Annual Burden Hours 
Requested: 1,377,548. The estimated annualized cost to respondents is 
$48,214,180.
    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 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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) 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, DC 
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 Ms. Jan Heffernan, Division of Grants Policy, 
Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, NIH, Rockledge 
1 Building, Room 1196, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, 
or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0940, 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 
April 23, 2001.

    Dated: March 8, 2001.
Carol Alderson,
Acting Director, OPERA, NIH.
[FR Doc. 01-7224 Filed 3-22-01; 8:45 am]
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