[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50659-50660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24830]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Graduate Student Training 
Programs Application

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 Graduate Partnerships 
Program/OIR/OD, 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: Graduate Student Training Programs Application. Type of 
Information Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information 
Collection: The information gathered in the Graduate Student Training 
Programs application will enable the identification and evaluation of 
graduate students interested in performing their dissertation research 
in the NIH Intramural Research Program laboratories (NIH  IRP). 
Modeling university applications for admission into graduate programs, 
the Graduate Student Training Program application contains several 
sections that will aid the NIH admission committee's identification and 
evaluation of each graduate student. Specific areas required to 
evaluate a candidate include the following: Contact information, 
citizenship status, identification of programs to which the student 
wishes to apply, students' graduate university information and 
undergraduate university information, standardized examination scores, 
references and letters of recommendation, proposed NIH advisor 
information, University advisor information, research interests, career 
goals, and proposed research in NIH IRP. Ethnicity and gender are 
additional optional information used to evaluate the GPP recruiting 
abilities and compliance with federal regulation. Frequency of 
Response: Once. Affected Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: 
Students pursuing an advanced degree, Ph.D., and would like to perform 
their dissertation research in the NIH Intramural Research Program 
laboratories.
    The annual reporting burden is displayed in the following table:

                                            Estimates of Hour Burden
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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested
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Student Application to Current Graduate Student              250               1            0.50             125
 Program........................................
Student Application to Future Graduate Student               500               1            0.50             250
 Programs.......................................
Recommendations (750 x 3).......................            2250               1            0.25             563
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    Totals......................................            3000  ..............  ..............             938
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    Estimate of Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs are displayed in the following table:

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                                              Operational/
Annualized capital, start-up                maintenance and
            cost                 Amount         purchase        Amount
                                               components
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Information Collection......        $0.00   Trouble-            #2000.00
                                             shooting and
                                             monitoring
                                             fees.
Application Design,             12,000.00   Maintenance....      1000.00
 Development, Testing.
                             --------------                 ------------
    Total...................   $12,000.00       Total......    $3,000.00
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    Estimate of Other Total Annual Cost Burden: $15,000.00.

Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies should address one or more of the following points: (1) 
Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) 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: Dr. Patty McCarthy, Program Coordinator, Graduate 
Partnerships Program,

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National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Building 10/Room 1C129, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1153, or call 301-594-9603 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 within 60 days of the date of this 
publication.

    Dated: September 24, 2001.
Michael M. Gottesman,
Deputy Director of Intramural Research, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 01-24830 Filed 10-3-01; 8:45 am]
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