[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41031-41032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11382]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Outcome Evaluation of 
NCI's Activities To Promote Research Collaboration (APRC) Program

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), 
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 
13, 2006, page 12703-12704 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: 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

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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 annual   Estimated No. of    Average burden    Estimated total
         Type of respondents                No. of         responses per        hours per        annual burden
                                         respondents        respondents          response       hours requested
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Researcher..........................               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.
    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: Kelly Kim, Program Administrator, 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 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: July 12, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E6-11382 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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