[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5181-5182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1872]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; NIH Office of Intramural 
Training & Education Application

    Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Intramural Training & 
Education, 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 July 20, 
2010 (Vol. 75, No. 138 on pages 42097-42098) 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: NIH Office of Intramural Training & 
Education Application. Type of Information Collection Request: 
REVISION. Need and Use of Information Collection: The Office of 
Intramural Training & Education (OITE) administers a variety of 
programs and initiatives to recruit pre-college through post-doctoral 
educational level individuals into the National Institutes of Health 
Intramural Research Program (NIH-IRP) to facilitate develop into future 
biomedical scientists. The proposed information collection is necessary 
in order to determine the eligibility and quality of potential awardees 
for traineeships in these programs. The applications for admission 
consideration include key areas such as: Personal information, 
eligibility criteria, contact information, student identification 
number, training program selection, scientific discipline interests, 
educational history, standardized examination scores, reference 
information, resume components, employment history, employment 
interests, dissertation research details, letters of recommendation, 
financial aid history, sensitive data, future networking contact, 
travel information, as well as feedback questions about interviews and 
application submission experiences. Sensitive data collected on the 
applicants, race, gender, ethnicity and recruitment method, are made 
available only to OITE staff members or in aggregate form to select NIH 
offices and are not used by the admission committee for admission 
consideration; optional to submit.
    Over the last several years the OITE has used three OMB Clearance 
Numbers for the collection of applications for the training programs. 
To improve announcement of all training programs and lessen the burden 
of applicants, the OITE proposes to merge the following:

 0925-0299--NIH Intramural Research Training Award, Program 
Application
 0925-0438--Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)
 0925-0501--Graduate Student Training Program Application
    Renewing 0925-0299 OMB Clearance Number with the new name ``Office 
of Intramural Training & Education Application''.

    Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Individuals 
seeking intramural training opportunities and references for these 
individuals. Type of Respondents: Students, post-baccalaureates, 
technicians, graduate students, and post-doctorates. There are no 
capital costs, operating costs, and/or maintenance costs to report.
    The annual reporting burden is displayed in the following table:

                                            Estimates of Hour Burden
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                                                                  Estimated
                                                 Estimated        number of     Average  burden     Estimated
                   Program                       number of        responses         hours per      total annual
                                                respondents      annually per       response       burden hours
                                                                  respondent
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Summer Internship Program in Biomedical                 8,500                1             0.75          6,375.0
 Research (SIP).............................
Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship                  100                1             0.75             75.0
 Program (BESIP)............................
Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research                  2,300                1             0.75          1,725.0
 Training Award.............................
NIH Academy.................................              550                1             0.75            412.5
Community College Summer Enrichment Program               125                1             0.75             93.8
 (CCSEP)....................................
Technical Intramural Research Training Award              140                1             0.75            105.0
Graduate Partnerships Program (GPP).........              600                1             0.75            450.0
Post-Doctorate Fellowship Program...........            2,050                1             0.75          1,537.5
National Graduate Student Research Festival               825                1             0.75            618.8
 (NGSRF)....................................
Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)....              300                1             0.75            225.0

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Alumni Database.............................            1,900                1             0.75          1,425.0
Recommendations for All Programs............           35,705                1             0.25          8,926.3
Supplemental Documents for Application......           14,540                1             0.75         10,905.0
Feedback Questions..........................           53,095                1             0.25         13,273.8
    Totals..................................          120,730  ...............  ...............         46,147.5
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies should address one or more of the 
following points: (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) Enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(4) 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, [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: Dr. Patricia Wagner, Director of Admissions & 
Registrar, Office of Intramural Training & Education, National 
Institutes of Health, 2 Center Drive: Building 2/2E06, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892-0234, or call 240-476-3619 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: January 24, 2011.
Michael M. Gottesman,
Deputy Director of Intramural Research, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-1872 Filed 1-27-11; 8:45 am]
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