[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 200 (Monday, October 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53504-53505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25028]


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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 e-mail 
address within 60 days.
    Proposed Project: Research Mentoring Dyad: Comparing the Views of 
Faculty Advisors/Mentors and Their Ph.D. Students on Training/Learning 
to Be a Responsible Researcher--OMB No. 0990-New--Office of Research 
Integrity (ORI).
    Abstract: This effort is consistent with the directive to ORI to 
``focus more on preventing misconduct and promoting research 
integrity'' (Federal Register: May 12, 2000, Volume 65, Number 93). 
Study results will be used to promote mentoring best practices, in 
particular for the responsible conduct of research, by raising 
awareness of the role of faculty members in developing young 
scientists, promoting discussion in the scientific community, and 
informing institutions on where and how to focus resources from the 
unique perspective of both faculty and doctoral student. To gather 
information to promote ORI's objectives, this study will use in-depth 
personal interviews with 100 faculty who participated in the ORI 
Faculty Survey and agreed to be re-contacted and 100 matched doctoral 
students who have graduated in the last five years. These one-time 
interviews will be used to find out how faculty and their students view 
the training and education of responsible researchers. Interviews with 
matched faculty/doctoral student pairs will provide a unique 
opportunity to compare these two perspectives and will strengthen and 
elaborate on the ORI Faculty Survey results.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of        Average
             Forms                   Type of         Number of    responses  per   burden hours    Total burden
                                   respondent       respondents      respondent    per response        hours
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Interview Protocol............  Faculty.........             100               1               2             200
Interview Protocol............  Doctoral Student             100               1               2             200
                                 Graduates.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             400
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Seleda Perryman,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance 
Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-25028 Filed 10-16-09; 8:45 am]
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