[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 207 (Monday, October 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67750-67751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23587]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request Identifying 
Experts in Prevention Science Methods To Include on NIH Review Panels, 
(Office of the Director, Office of Disease Prevention)

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, 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 
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: Ms. Keisha L. Shropshire, ODP Project Clearance 
Liaison, NIH Office of Disease Prevention, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 
2B03, Bethesda, MD 20892 or call (301) 827-5561 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 August 6, 2020, page 
47805 (85 FR 47805) 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 Office of Disease Prevention 
(ODP), 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.

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    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: Identifying Experts in Prevention Science 
Methods to Include on NIH Review Panels, OMB# 0925-0728--REVISION, exp. 
11/30/2020, Office of Disease Prevention (ODP), National Institutes of 
Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Office of Disease 
Prevention (ODP) is the lead Office at the National Institutes of 
Health (NIH) responsible for assessing, facilitating, and stimulating 
research in disease prevention and health promotion, and disseminating 
the results of this research to improve public health. Prevention is 
preferable to treatment, and research on disease prevention is an 
important part of the NIH's mission. The knowledge gained from this 
research leads to stronger clinical practice, health policy, and 
community health programs. ODP collaborates with NIH, other Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies, and other public and 
private partners to achieve the Office's mission and goals. One of 
ODP's priorities is to promote the use of the best available methods in 
prevention research and support the development of better study designs 
and research methods. One of our strategies is to help NIH Institutes, 
Centers, and Offices identify experts in prevention science methods to 
include on their peer review panels. This strengthens the panels and 
improves the quality of the prevention-related research supported by 
NIH. To identify experts in prevention science methods, we have 
developed online software that allows us to collect scientists' names, 
contact information, and resumes, as well as to have those scientists 
identify their level of expertise in a variety of prevention science 
methods and content areas. The data are used to populate a web-based 
tool that NIH staff can use to identify scientists with prevention-
related research expertise in specific research methods and study 
designs for invitation to serve as a reviewer on an NIH study section. 
This system is also shared with review staff from other HHS agencies, 
to use in the same way. This OMB revision request is for the continued 
collection of existing data and to update the Prevention Research 
Expertise Survey (PRES) tool in order to capture areas of expertise not 
previously collected in the current survey, including additional study 
design topics, research methods, content topics, and settings in which 
the respondent's research is performed. The revised PRES also 
simplifies a question about the respondent's previous NIH review 
experience and asks researchers who have already completed previous 
versions of the survey to update their information based on the revised 
topics.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 417.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
               Type of respondent                    Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      burden hour
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New Investigators...............................             600               1           25/60             250
Returning Investigators (to update information).           1,000               1           10/60             167
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    Total.......................................  ..............           1,600  ..............             417
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    Dated: October 19, 2020.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2020-23587 Filed 10-23-20; 8:45 am]
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