[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20984-20985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10415]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Graduate Student 
Training Program Applications

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Graduate Partnerships Program/OIR/OD/, 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. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on 
Thursday, October 4, 2001, page 50659-50660 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 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: 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 regulations. 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
 Programs.......................................
Student Application to Future Graduate Student               500               1            0.50             250
 Programs.......................................
Collection & Submission of Hardcopy Documents...             750               1            0.50             375
Recommendations (750  x  3).....................            2250               1            0.25             563
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    Totals......................................            3750  ..............  ..............            1313
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    Estimate of Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs are displayed in the following table:

            Estimate of Annual Cost to the Federal Government
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                                              Operational/
 Annualized capital, start-up                maintenance &
             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.
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    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 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.

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: 
Dr. Patty McCarthy, Program Coordinator, Graduate Partnerships Program, 
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 30-days of the date of this 
publication.

    Dated: April 18, 2002.
Michael M. Gottesman,
Deputy Director of Intramural Research, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 02-10415 Filed 4-26-02; 8:45 am]
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