[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13306-13307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06572]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Scientific
Information Reporting System (SIRS) (National Institute of General
Medical Sciences)
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data
collection projects, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
(NIGMS), will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval.
DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured
of having their full effect if received within 60 days of the date of
this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, or
request more information on the proposed project, contact: Dr. Ming
Lei, Director, Division for Research Capacity Building NIGMS, NIH, 45
Center Drive, Room 2AS44C, MSC-6200, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 or call
non-toll-free number (301) 827-5323 or Email your request, including
your address to: [email protected]. Formal requests for additional
plans and instruments must be requested in writing.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 requires: Written comments and/or suggestions
from the public and affected agencies are invited to address one or
more of the following points: (1) 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) 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) Ways to enhance quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to
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.
Proposed Collection Title: Scientific Information Reporting System
(SIRS), 0925-0735, Expiration Date 3/31/2019, REINSTATEMENT WITHOUT
CHANGE, 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 Centers 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 744.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average time
Form name Type of respondent Number of responses per per response Total annual
respondents respondent (in hours) burden hours
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SIRS...................... Principal 54 1 3.5 189
Investigators,
COBRE Phase I.
SIRS...................... Principal 34 1 3.5 119
Investigators,
COBRE Phase II.
SIRS...................... Principal 54 1 3.5 189
Investigators,
COBRE Phase III.
SIRS...................... Principal 24 1 5.5 132
Investigators,
INBRE.
SIRS...................... Principal 11 1 3.5 38.5
Investigators, IDeA-
CTR.
SIRS...................... Principal 17 1 4.5 76.5
Investigators,
NARCH.
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Total................. .................... 194 194 .............. 744
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Rusinel Amarante,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Institute of General Medical
Sciences, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2019-06572 Filed 4-3-19; 8:45 am]
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