[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31603-31604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14072]


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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) (National Institute of General 
Medical Sciences)

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

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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.

DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by August 1, 2019.

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. Ming Lei, Director, Division for Research 
Capacity Building, NIGMS, NIH, Natcher Building, Room 2AS44C, 9000 
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 
827-5323 or Email your request, including your address to: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on April 4, 2019, pages 
13306-13307 (84 FR 13306) 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 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.
    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: Scientific Information Reporting System 
(SIRS), 0925-0735-Resinstatement Without Change--expiration date 03/31/
2019, National Institutes 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 841.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of     Average time
           Form name                 Type of         Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                   respondent       respondents     respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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SIRS..........................  Principal                     54               1               4             216
                                 Investigators,
                                 COBRE Phase I.
SIRS..........................  Principal                     34               1               4             136
                                 Investigators,
                                 COBRE Phase II.
SIRS..........................  Principal                     54               1               4             216
                                 Investigators,
                                 COBRE Phase III.
SIRS..........................  Principal                     24               1               6             144
                                 Investigators,
                                 INBRE.
SIRS..........................  Principal                     11               1               4              44
                                 Investigators,
                                 IDeA-CTR.
SIRS..........................  Principal                     17               1               5              85
                                 Investigators,
                                 NARCH.
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    Total.....................  ................             194             194  ..............             841
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    Dated: June 18, 2019.
Rusinel Amarante,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Institute of General Medical 
Sciences, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2019-14072 Filed 7-1-19; 8:45 am]
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