[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 66 (Thursday, April 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18097-18098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8354]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Revision of OMB No. 0925-
0002/exp. 08/31/01, ``Individual National Research Service Award 
Application and Related Forms''

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 Extramural 
Research, the 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: Individual National Research Service Award Application and 
Related Forms.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Revision, OMB 0925-0002, 
Expiration Date 08/31/01.
    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 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, 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 Response: 2.658; and
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 85,665. 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, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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]

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Comments Due Date

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received on or before June 4, 2001.

    Dated: March 19, 2001.
Carol Tippery,
Acting Director, OPERA, NIH.
[FR Doc. 01-8354 Filed 4-4-01; 8:45 am]
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