[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78478-78479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32365]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Training Tomorrow's 
Scientists: Linking Minorities and Mentors Through the Web

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences 
Research (OBSSR), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted

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to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a requests for review and 
approval of the information collection listed below. This proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
on October 21, 2002, page 64652 and allowed 60-days for public 
comments. No public comments were received. The purposes 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 implement on or after October 1, 1995, unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Training Tomorrow's Scientists: Linking 
Minorities and Mentors Through the Web. Type of Information Collection 
Request: REVISION, OMB control number 0925-0475, Expiration Date 1/31/
2003. Need and Use of Information Collection: This website allows 
federally-funded researchers supported by any of 27 Institutes and 
Centers of the NIH to submit an electronic form describing his or her 
research areas, as well as interests in mentoring minority students or 
junior faculty. The researcher's description is posted on the website 
for searching by interested minority applicants. Minority students or 
junior faculty search the website to identify researchers with whom 
they would like to work. The research projects in the database are 
located all over the country and involve cutting edge research 
activities by scientists funded through the Institutes and Centers of 
the NIH. These research projects range from studies of children to 
research on older adults, from laboratory research to field research, 
from social research to a combination of biological and behavioral 
research. Applicants conduct an electronic search using categories such 
as research areas of interest, desired geographic location of the 
researcher, and their level of education. The primary objective of the 
program is to ensure that, in the coming decades, a concentration of 
minority researchers will be available to address behavioral and social 
factors important in improving the public health and eliminating racial 
disparities. Increasing the number of minority scientists in the U.S. 
will expand our currently limited knowledge about the epidemiology and 
treatment of diseases in minority population. Frequency of Response: On 
occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Type of 
Respondents: Students, Post-doctorals, Junior Faculty, and Principal 
Investigators. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated 
Number of Respondents: 50; Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours Per Response: 10 minutes; and 
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 8. There is no 
annualized cost to respondents. There are no Capital Costs, Operating 
Costs and/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.
    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. Dana Sampson, Program Analyst, OBSSR, OD, 
NIH, Building 1, Room 256, 1 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call 
non-toll-free number (301) 402-1146 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: December 13, 2002.
John Jarman,
Executive Officer, Office of the Director, National Institutes of 
Health.
[FR Doc. 02-32365 Filed 12-23-02; 8:45 am]
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