[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20698-20699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07708]
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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 Online Application and Vetting System (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.
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 recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
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information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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. Hope Cummings, Project Clearance Liaison,
Center for Scientific Review, NIH, Room 4134, 6701 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892 or call non-toll-free number (301) 402-4706
or Email your request, including your address to:
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and
instruments must be requested in writing.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2020, pages
5677-5678 (85 FR 21) 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 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 Online
Application and Vetting System--0925-0695, REVISION--expiration date
05/31/2020, 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 all NIH grant
applications receive fair, 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, the online
application software, the Early Career Reviewer Application and Vetting
System, is accessed online by applicants to the Early Career Reviewer
Program who provide information such as their name, contact
information, a description of their areas of expertise, their study
section preferences, and their professional Curriculum Vitae. This
Information Collection Request (ICR) is to revise the Early Career
Reviewer Application and Vetting System to include additional questions
and be more user friendly. Additional questions are in line with NIH's
renewed Interest in Diversity (NOT-OD-20-031) and include questions
such as applicants' race, ethnicity, gender, disability, and
disadvantage backgrounds. Applicants can choose if they would like to
answer these additional questions (i.e. optional). Applicants are also
now able to check their eligibility before applying to the 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 505.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average time
Type of respondent Number of responses per per response Total annual
respondents respondent (in hours) burden hour
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Research scientists............................. 1212 1 25/60 505
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Total....................................... .............. 1212 .............. 505
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Dated: March 30, 2020.
Hope M. Cummings,
Project Clearance Liaison, Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2020-07708 Filed 4-13-20; 8:45 am]
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