[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40712-40713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14739]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Evaluation of 
the Enhancing Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce Program (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, September 28, 2015, pages 58270-58271, 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. Michael Sesma, Chief, Postdoctoral 
Training Branch, Division of Training, Workforce Development, and 
Diversity, NIGMS, 45 Center Drive, Room 2AS43H, Bethesda, MD 20892, or 
call non-toll-free number (301) 594-3900, or Email your request, 
including your address to: [email protected]. Formal requests for 
additional plans and instruments must be requested in writing.
    Proposed Collection: Evaluation of the Enhancing the Diversity of 
the NIH-funded Workforce Program Consortium (DPC), 0935-NEW National 
Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institutes of 
Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The goal of the DPC is to 
address a unique and compelling need identified by NIH, namely to 
enhance the diversity of well-trained biomedical research scientists 
who can successfully compete for NIH research funding and/or otherwise 
contribute to the NIH-funded scientific workforce. The DPC is a 
national collaborative through which awardee institutions, in 
partnership with NIH, aim to enhance diversity in the biomedical 
research workforce through the development, implementation, assessment 
and dissemination of innovative and effective approaches to: (a) 
Student outreach, engagement, training, and mentoring, (b) faculty 
development, and (c) institutional research training infrastructure. 
The Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC) will evaluate the efficacy 
of the training and mentoring approaches implemented across a variety 
of contexts and populations and will disseminate information to the 
broader research community. The planned consortium-wide data collection 
and evaluation will provide comprehensive information about the multi-
dimensional factors (individual, institutional, and faculty/mentor) 
that influence student and faculty success, professional development, 
and persistence within biomedical research career paths across a 
variety of contexts. The planned data collection, and the resulting 
findings, is projected to have a sustained, transformative effect on 
biomedical research training and mentoring nationwide.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 61,950.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                   A.12.1: Annualized estimate of hour burden
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                                                                                   Average time
               Type of respondents                   Number of     Frequency of    per response     Annual hour
                                                    respondents       resonse       (in hours)        burden
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BUILD Student--Entrance Survey (Version A:HERI            15,000               1           45/60          11,250
 Freshman Survey [Attachment 8a], Version B:
 HERI Freshman Survey for Non-Freshman Transfers
 [Attachment 8b])...............................
BUILD Student--Follow-up survey at the end of             15,000               1           45/60          11,250
 the first attendance year (HERI Your First
 College Year; Attachment 10)...................
BUILD Student--Follow-up survey at graduation             15,000               1           45/60          11,250
 (HERI College Senior Survey; Attachment 11)....
BUILD Student Annual Follow-up Survey
 (Attachment 12):
    a. 2015 Cohort..............................           5,000               3           25/60           6,250
    b. 2016 Cohort..............................           5,000               2           25/60           4,167
    c. 2017 Cohort..............................           5,000               1           25/60           2,083
BUILD Faculty Survey (HERI Faculty Survey;                   500               1           45/60             375
 Attachment 13).................................
BUILD Faculty Annual Follow-up survey                        500               2           25/60             417
 (Attachment 14)................................
BUILD Mentee Mentor Assessment (Attachment 15)..           1,000               3           10/60             500

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BUILD Institutional Research & Program Data                   10               3              16             480
 Requests (Attachment 25).......................
BUILD Implementation Reports (Attachment 26)....              10               3              16             480
BUILD Site Visits (Attachment 23)...............             120               3              24           8,640
BUILD Case Studies Preparation (Attachment 23)..              24               1              40             960
BUILD Case Study Interviews (Attachment 23):
    a. Undergraduate Students...................             170               1           90/60             255
    b. Graduate/post-doctoral students..........              70               1           90/60             105
    c. PI's, Program Managers/Directors, &                   162               1           90/60             243
     Faculty....................................
NRMN Mentee Annual Follow-up Surveys (Attachment
 18)
    a. 2016 student cohort......................             375               3           25/60             469
    b. 2016 faculty cohort......................             100               3           25/60             125
    c. 2017 student cohort......................             375               2           25/60             313
    d. 2017 faculty cohort......................             100               2           25/60              83
    e. 2018 student cohort......................             375               1           25/60             156
    f. 2018 faculty cohort......................             100               1           25/60              42
NRMN Mentor Annual Follow-up Surveys (Attachment
 17):
    a. 2016 Cohort..............................             375               3           25/60             469
    b. 2017 Cohort..............................             375               2           25/60             313
    c. 2018 Cohort..............................             375               1           25/60             156
NRMN Mentees--Program specific modules for
 tracking survey:
Mentee Assessment of Mentor (Attachment 15),
Research & Grant Writing (Attachment 20),
Institutional Context (Attachment 22):
    a. 2016 student cohort......................             375               3           10/60             188
    b. 2016 faculty cohort......................             100               3           10/60              50
    c. 2017 student cohort......................             375               2           10/60             125
    d. 2017 faculty cohort......................             100               2           10/60              33
    e. 2018 student cohort......................             375               1           10/60              63
    f. 2018 faculty cohort......................             100               1           10/60              17
NRMN Mentors--Program specific modules for
 tracking survey:
Mentor Skills (Attachment 19),
Coaching Training (Attachment 21),
Institutional Context (Attachment 22):
    a. 2016 Cohort..............................             375               3           10/60             188
    b. 2017 Cohort..............................             375               2           10/60             125
    c. 2018 Cohort..............................             375               1           10/60              63
NRMN site visits (Attachment 24)................               1               6              16              96
NRMN Case Study Interviews (Attachment 24):
    a. Investigators............................              37               3               1             111
    b. Mentors..................................              30               1               1              30
    c. Student mentees..........................              15               1               1              15
    d. Faculty mentees..........................              15               1               1              15
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        Total...................................          67,764          90,723  ..............          61,950
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    Dated: June 15, 2016.
Tammy Dean-Maxwell,
Project Clearance Liaison, NIGMS, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2016-14739 Filed 6-21-16; 8:45 am]
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