[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19068-19069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7249]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New; 30-Day Notice]


Agency Information Collection Request; 30-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 collection 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) 690-5683. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be 
received within 30 days of this notice directly to the OS OMB Desk 
Officer all comments must be faxed to OMB at 202-395-6974.
    Proposed Project: Training PhDs: 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 (ORI)
    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 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 candidate           4,620                1            20/60            1,540
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Debbie Kramer,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-7249 Filed 4-7-08; 8:45 am]
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