[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70597-70598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24055]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New]


Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), 
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following 
summary of a proposed information collection request for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility 
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of 
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden. To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any 
related forms for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, 
e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and OS document identifier, to [email protected], or call 
the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above email 
address within 60-days.
    Proposed Project: Training Ph.D.s: Faculty Views on Their Role and 
Their Institution's Role to Promote the Development of Responsible 
Researchers--OMB No. 0990-New--Office of Research Integrity.
    Abstract: Preventing research misconduct and abuse is of paramount 
importance. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued two reports in 
the last 10 years addressing this concern and clearly states that 
mentoring is a key factor in promoting the development of responsible 
researchers. However, little is actually known about the qualities and 
activities of effective mentors. The proposed project will focus on 
collecting descriptive information from faculty about their role as 
advisor and mentor and how faculty members perform these roles in their 
daily work with PhD candidates. In addition faculty members will be 
asked to describe how involved their institution is in promoting 
training or otherwise supporting research mentoring and advising.
    The data will come from a random selection of 10,000 investigators 
drawn from the 2005 and 2006 National Institutes of Health or National 
Science Foundation grant recipients who have supervised doctoral 
students in the last five years and are faculty in two types of 
institutions: (1) Medical schools (within universities or stand alone) 
and (2) all other universities. We are requesting clearance for a one-
time web

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based survey which will be conduced over one year.

Respondents and Burden Estimates for the Training Ph.D.S Survey

                                                            Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                                                                       Average burden
                                                                                      Number of         Number of         hours per       Total burden
                     Forms                             Type of respondent            respondents      responses per     response  (in         hours
                                                                                                       respondent          hours)
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Faculty Survey Instrument.....................  Faculty who advise a PhD                     4,620                 1             20/60             1,540
                                                 candidate.
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Mary Oliver-Anderson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-24055 Filed 12-11-07; 8:45 am]
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