[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12703-12704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3537]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Outcome Evaluation of NCI's 
Activities To Promote Research Collaboration (APRC) Program

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 National Cancer Institute 
(NCI), 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: Outcome Evaluation of NCI's Activities to Promote Research 
Collaboration (APRC) Program.
    Type of Information Collection Request: NEW.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of this study 
is to systematically assess the extent to which NCI's Activities to 
Promote Research Collaborations (APRC) program has been successful in 
accomplishing its intended goals of (1) capacity building and (2) 
generating innovative advances. The innovative advances outcome 
analysis will answer the question of whether APRC projects resulted in 
promising, novel concepts and advances in cancer research. The capacity 
building outcome analysis will determine whether participation in the 
APRC program has enabled the program participants to successfully 
integrate interdisciplinary approaches in their scientific 
investigations and enhanced their ability to pursue other collaborative 
research activities. The study will involve interviewing former APRC-
funded researchers. The evaluation results will provide DCB with the 
information to make quality improvements to the APRC program and 
enhance program performance in generating significant outcomes. It will 
also strengthen our understanding of the value of collaborative and 
interdisciplinary research and inform NCI's approach to supporting and 
encouraging scientific collaboration among researchers from multiple 
disciplines in the future.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Affected Public: Individuals; scientific and research communities.
    Type of Respondents: Researchers. The annual reporting burden is as 
follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 250;
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1;
    Average Burden Hours per Response: .5; and
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 125.
    The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $4034. There 
are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to 
report.

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                                                                  Estimated
                                                 Estimated        number of     Average  burden  Estimated total
             Type of respondents               annual number    responses per      hours per      annual burden
                                               of respondents     respondent        response     hours requested
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Researchers.................................             250                1              0.5              125
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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.

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. Kelly Kim, Project Officer, DNA and Chromosome 
Aberrations Branch, DCB, NCI, NIH, 6130 Executive Blvd., Room 5025, 
Rockville, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-5473 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: March 3, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E6-3537 Filed 3-10-06; 8:45 am]
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