[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15364-15365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06116]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Early Career 
Reviewer Program Application and Vetting System (EAVS) (Center for 
Scientific Review)

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with 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 December 
29, 2016, page 96020 (Vol. 81, No. 250) 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.

DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured 
of having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of 
this publication.

ADDRESSES: 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact: Dr. Mary Ann Guadagno, Project Clearance Liaison, 
Center for Scientific Review, NIH, Room 3182, 6701 Rockledge Drive, 
Bethesda, MD 20892 or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-1251 or Email 
your request, including your address to: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Center for Scientific Review (CSR), 
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.
    In compliance with 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.
    Proposed Collection: Early Career Reviewer Program Application and 
Vetting System (EAVS) OMB #0925-0695, Expiration Date: 04/30/2017, 
Extension, Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institutes of 
Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Center for Scientific 
Review (CSR) is the portal for NIH grant applications and their review 
for scientific merit. Our mission is to see that NIH grant applications 
receive fair,

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independent, expert, and timely reviews--free from inappropriate 
influences--so NIH can fund the most promising research. To accomplish 
this goal, Scientific Review Officers (SRO) form study sections 
consisting of scientists who have the technical and scientific 
expertise to evaluate the merit of grant applications. Study section 
members are generally scientists who have established independent 
programs of research as demonstrated by their publications and their 
grant award experiences.
    The CSR Early Career Reviewer program was developed to identify and 
train qualified scientists who are early in their scientific careers 
and who have not had prior CSR review experience. The goals of the 
program are to expose these early career scientists to the peer review 
experience so that they become more competitive as applicants as well 
as to enrich the existing pool of NIH reviewers. Currently, online 
application software, the Early Career Reviewer Application and Vetting 
System, is accessed online by applicants to the Early Career Reviewer 
Program who provide their names, contact information, a description of 
their areas of expertise, their study section preferences, professional 
Curriculum Vitae and links to their professional Web site. This 
Information Collection Request (ICR) is to extend the Early Career 
Reviewer Application and Vetting System to process applications for the 
Early Career Reviewer program.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 450.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
           Form name                 Type of         Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent      (in hours)      burden hour
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A.............................  Applicants......            1080               1           25/60             450
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    Totals....................  ................  ..............            1080  ..............             450
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    Dated: March 20, 2017.
Mary Ann Guadagno,
Project Clearance Liaison, Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National 
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2017-06116 Filed 3-27-17; 8:45 am]
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