[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 131 (Friday, July 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44642-44643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16227]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request National
Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Programs; Office of the
Director (OD)
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Division of Loan Repayment (DLR), the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the
information collection listed below. This proposed information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on February
19, 2016, and page numbers 8514-8516, 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 NIH 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: Steve Boehlert, Director of Operations,
Division of Loan Repayment, National Institutes of Health, 6011
Executive Blvd., Room 206 (MSC 7650), Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7650.
Mr. Boehlert may be contacted via email at [email protected] or by
calling 301-451-4465. Formal requests for additional plans and
instruments must be requested in writing.
Proposed Collection: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan
Repayment Programs (LRP). Type of Information Collection Request:
Revision of a currently approved collection (OMB No. 0925-0361,
expiration date 06/30/17). Form Numbers: NIH 2674-1, NIH 2674-2, NIH
2674-3, NIH 2674-4, NIH 2674-5, NIH 2674-6, NIH 2674-7, NIH 2674-8, NIH
2674-9, NIH 2674-10, NIH 2674-11, NIH 2674-12, NIH 2674-13, NIH 2674-
14, NIH 2674-15, NIH 2674-16, NIH 2674-17, NIH 2674-18, NIH 2674-19,
and NIH 2674-20 (new).
Need and Use of Information Collection: The NIH makes available
financial assistance, in the form of educational loan repayment, to
M.D., Ph.D., Pharm.D., Psy.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.P.M., D.C.,
N.D., O.D., D.V.M., or equivalent degree holders who perform biomedical
or behavioral research in NIH intramural laboratories or as extramural
grantees or scientists funded by domestic non-profit organizations for
a minimum of two years (three years for the General Research LRP) in
research areas supporting the mission and priorities of the NIH.
The AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program (AIDS-LRP) is authorized
by section 487A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 288-1); the
Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from
Disadvantaged Backgrounds (CR-LRP) is authorized by section 487E (42
U.S.C. 288-5); the General Research Loan Repayment Program (GR-LRP) is
authorized by section 487C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
288-3); the Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program (LRP-CR) is
authorized by section 487F (42 U.S.C. 288-5a); the Pediatric Research
Loan Repayment Program (PR-LRP) is authorized by
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section 487F (42 U.S.C. 288-6); the Extramural Clinical Research LRP
for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (ECR-LRP) is authorized
by an amendment to section 487E (42 U.S.C. 288-5); the Contraception
and Infertility Research LRP (CIR-LRP) is authorized by section 487B
(42 U.S.C. 288-2); and the Health Disparities Research Loan Repayment
Program (HD-LRP) is authorized by section 485G (42 U.S.C. 287c-33).
The Loan Repayment Programs can repay up to $35,000 per year toward
a participant's extant eligible educational loans, directly to
financial institutions. The information proposed for collection will be
used by the Division of Loan Repayment to determine an applicant's
eligibility for participation in the program.
Frequency of Response: Initial application and one- or two-year
renewal application.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Nonprofits; and
Businesses or other for-profit.
Type of Respondents: Physicians, other scientific or medical
personnel, and institutional representatives.
Questions, required information, and requested documents remain
largely unchanged. Improvements were made to the structure and
appearance of online forms to provide applicants with a better user
experience. Recommenders will no longer be asked to complete a
recommendation form, but to write a reference letter that comments on
the research skills and the abilities of the applicant. A general
eligibility checklist (NIH 2674-20) was added at the start of the
application to reduce the likelihood of ineligible individuals working
through the application only to learn of their disqualification after
submitting the application. Redundant questions or statements were
eliminated. OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs
to respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 33,242.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Estimated
Number of number of Average Annual burden
Type of respondent respondents responses per burden hours hours
respondent per response requested
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Intramural LRPs
Initial Applicants.............................. 40 1 10 400
Advisors/Supervisors............................ 40 1 1 40
Recommenders.................................... 120 1 30/60 60
Financial Institutions.......................... 8 1 15/60 2
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Subtotal.................................... 208 .............. .............. 502
Extramural LRPs
Initial Applicants.............................. 1,650 1 11 18,150
Advisors/Supervisors............................ 1,480 1 1 1,480
Recommenders.................................... 4,950 1 30/60 2,475
Financial Institutions.......................... 100 1 15/60 25
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Subtotal.................................... 8,180 .............. .............. 22,130
Intramural LRPs
Renewal Applicants.............................. 40 1 7 280
Advisors/Supervisors............................ 40 1 2 80
Subtotal.................................... 80 .............. .............. 360
Extramural LRPS
Renewal Applicants.............................. 1,000 1 8 8,000
Advisors/Supervisors............................ 750 1 1 750
Recommenders.................................... 3,000 1 30/60 1,500
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Subtotal.................................... 4,750 .............. .............. 10,250
Total................................... 13,218 .............. .............. 33,242
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Dated: July 1, 2016.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-16227 Filed 7-7-16; 8:45 am]
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