[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 220 (Monday, November 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70829-70830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29085]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request Scientific 
Information Reporting System (SIRS) NIGMS

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, 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 August 23, 2015, page 48549 and allowed 60-days for public 
comment. One public comment was received. The purpose of this notice is 
to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National 
Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), 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.
    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: NIH Desk Officer.
    Comment 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments or request more information on the 
proposed project contact: Dr. W. Fred Taylor Ph.D., Branch Chief, 
Capacity-Building Branch (CBB), Division of Training, Workforce 
Development, and Diversity (TWD), NIGMS, NIH, 45 Center Drive, Room 
2AS43S, Bethesda MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0760 
or Email your request, including your address to: 
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.
    Proposed Collection: Scientific Information Reporting System 
(SIRS), 0925-In Use Without OMB Control Number, National Institute of 
General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The SIRS is an online data 
collection system whose purpose is to obtain supplemental information 
to the annual Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) submitted by 
grantees of the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program and the 
Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH) Program. The SIRS 
will collect program-specific data not requested in the RPPR data 
collection system. The IDeA Program is a congressionally mandated, 
long-term interventional program administered by NIGMS aimed at 
developing and/or enhancing the biomedical research competitiveness of 
States and Jurisdictions that lag in NIH funding. The NARCH Program is 
an interagency initiative that provides support to American Indian and 
Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and organizations for conducting research 
in their communities in order to address health disparities, and to 
develop a cadre of competitive AI/AN scientists and health 
professionals. The data collected by SIRS will provide valuable 
information for the following purposes: (1) Evaluation of progress by 
individual grantees towards achieving grantee-designated and program-
specified goals and objectives, (2) evaluation of the overall program 
for effectiveness, efficiency, and impact in building biomedical 
research capacity and capability, and (3) analysis of outcome measures 
to determine need for refinements and/or adjustments of different 
program features including but not limited to initiatives and 
eligibility criteria. Data collected from SIRS will be used for various 
regular or ad hoc reporting requests from interested stakeholders that 
include members of Congress, state and local officials, other federal 
agencies, professional societies, media, and other parties.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 613.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
         Form name               Respondents         Number of     responses per     hours per     Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent       response      burden hours
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SIRS......................  Principal                         37               1             3.5             130
                             Investigators,
                             COBRE Phase I.
SIRS......................  Principal                         36               1             3.5             126
                             Investigators,
                             COBRE Phase II.
SIRS......................  Principal                         35               1             3.5             122
                             Investigators,
                             COBRE Phase III.
SIRS......................  Principal                         24               1             5.5             132
                             Investigators,
                             INBRE.
SIRS......................  Principal                          5               1             3.5              18
                             Investigators, IDeA-
                             CTR.
SIRS......................  Principal                         19               1             4.5              85
                             Investigators,
                             NARCH.
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    Dated: November 10, 2015.
Tammy Dean-Maxwell,
Project Clearance Branch Liaison, NIGMS, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2015-29085 Filed 11-13-15; 8:45 am]
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