[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 150 (Monday, August 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45228-45229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17727]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request; Revision of OMB No. 
0925-0002/exp. 10/31/08, Individual Ruth L. Kirschstein National 
Research Service Award Applications and Related Forms

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Director (OD), 
Office of Extramural Research (OER), 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 12, 2008, Volume 73, No. 49, page 13242 
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: Individual Ruth L. Kirschstein National 
Research Service Award Applications and Related Forms; Type of 
Information Collection Request: Revision, OMB 0925-0002, Expiration 
Date 10/31/08. Form Numbers: PHS 416-1, 416-9, 416-5, 416-7, 6031, 
6031-1.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The 416-1 and 416-9 are 
used by individuals to apply for direct research training support. 
Awards are made to individual applicants for specified training 
proposals in biomedical and behavioral research, selected as a result 
of a national competition. The other related forms (PHS 416-5, 416-7, 
6031, 6031-1) are used by these individuals to activate, terminate, and 
provide for payback of a National Research Service Award.

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Frequency of response: Applicants may submit applications for published 
receipt dates. If awarded, annual progress is reported and trainees may 
be appointed or reappointed. Affected Public: Individuals or 
Households; Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; 
Federal Government; and State, Local or Tribal Government. Type of 
Respondents: Adult scientific trainees and professionals. The annual 
reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 
34,454; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1; Average Burden 
Hours per Response: 4.1; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours 
Requested: 142,301. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: 
$4,980,535.
    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 sent 
via e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
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 Ms. Mikia Currie, Project Clearance Branch, Office 
of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, NIH, Rockledge 1 
Building, Suite 350, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, or 
call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0941, 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 24, 2008.
Pam Gilden,
Division of Grants Policy, Office of Policy for Extramural Research 
Administration, Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of 
Health.
[FR Doc. E8-17727 Filed 8-1-08; 8:45 am]
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