[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21559-21560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9031]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission to OMB, Comment Request; the Impact of a Decade of the 
Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award (FIRCA)

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Fogarty International Center (FIC), 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 March 
26, 2003, in Volume 68, No. 58, pages 14670-14671, and allowed 60 days 
for public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of 
this announcement 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, 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: The Impact of a Decade of the Fogarty 
International Research Collaboration Award (FIRCA). Type of Information 
Collection Request: New. Need and Use of Information Collection: This 
study will access the outputs, outcomes and impacts of the Fogarty 
International Research Collaboration Award (FIRCA). The primary 
objectives of the study are to determine if FIRCA awards (1) Extend and 
enhance the research interests of the US principal investigator (USPI) 
and the international research collaborator (IRC); (2) increase the 
research capacity of the international scientists and institution; and 
(3) foster discovery and reduce global health disparities through

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the support of international cooperation across the continuum of basic, 
clinical and applied biomedical, behavioral and health sciences. The 
findings will provide valuable information concerning: (1) specific 
research advances attributable to FIRCA support; (2) specific capacity 
and career enhancing advances that are attributable to FIRCA funding; 
and (3) policy implications for the FIRCA program based on USPI and IRC 
responses. Frequency of Response: Once. Affected Public: Individuals. 
Types of Respondents: US researchers and their foreign research 
collaborators. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1072. Estimated Number 
of Responses per Respondent: 1. Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1. 
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 1072. The annualized 
cost to respondents is estimated at $26,130. Tables 1 and 2 
respectively present data concerning the burden hours and cost burdens 
for this data collection. There are no capital costs, operating, and/or 
maintenance costs to report.

                                        Table 1.--Estimate of Hour Burden
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                                                                                  Average time
             Type of respondents                 Number of       Frequency of     per response     Total annual
                                                respondents        response           (hr)         hour burden
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USPIs.......................................              536                1              1.0              536
IRCs........................................              536                1              1.0              536
    Total...................................             1072  ...............  ...............             1072
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                                    Table 2.--Annualized Cost to Respondents
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                                                 Number of         Response       Hourly wage
             Type of respondents                respondents       frequency           rate       Respondent cost
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USPIs.......................................              536                1           $38.75          $20,770
IRCs........................................              536                1            10.00            5,360
    Total...................................             1072  ...............  ...............           26,130
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    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 Information 
and 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. Linda Kupfer, Fogarty 
International Center, National Institutes of Health, 16 Center Drive, 
Building 16, Bethesda, MD 20892-6705, call the non-toll-free number 
301-496-3288, 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 15, 2004.
Richard Miller,
Executive Officer, FIC, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 04-9031 Filed 4-20-04; 8:45 am]
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