[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 129 (Friday, July 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36287-36288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14630]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 30-Day Comment Request: Generic Clearance To 
Collect Stakeholder Feedback on the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) 
Initiative, (NIMH)

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 
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: Andrew Hooper, NIMH Project Clearance Liaison, 
Science Policy and Evaluation Branch, Office of Science Policy, 
Planning and Communications, NIMH, Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive 
Boulevard, MSC 9667, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, call (301) 480-8433, or 
email your request, including your mailing 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 May 5, 2021, pages 
23974-23975 (Vol. 86, No. 85) 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 Mental Health (NIMH), 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 Title: Generic Clearance to Collect Stakeholder 
Feedback on the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Initiative, 0925-0756, 
EXTENSION, exp., date 07/31/2021, National Institute of Mental Health 
(NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This request serves as 
notice that the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) plans to 
collect stakeholder feedback to assess the strengths and weaknesses of 
the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative. NIMH launched RDoC in 
2009 to implement Strategy 1.4 of the 2008 NIMH Strategic Plan: 
``Develop new ways of classifying disorders based on dimensions of 
observable behaviors and brain functions.'' Rather than beginning with 
a syndrome and then working ``down'' to clarify mechanisms, the aim of 
RDoC is to guide research that begins with disruptions in 
neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms, and then works across 
systems to clarify connections among such disruptions and clinical 
symptoms. NIMH has developed social media platforms and tools for the 
RDoC initiative, including a dedicated RDoC twitter account (https://twitter.com/nimh_rdoc), the RDoC website, which also houses the RDoC 
matrix (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/research-priorities/rdoc/index.shtml), 
and several educational and training resources (including webinars) to 
educate the field and interface with scientists who may have questions 
about RDoC (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/research-priorities/rdoc/rdoc-educational-and-training-resources.shtml). The evaluation approach will 
be conducted using surveys centered around current content (i.e., 
website, twitter, and webinars), as well as open ended surveys that 
will cover the scientific content of RDoC. The information collected 
will be used by NIMH staff to determine success of the RDoC initiative, 
develop future directions and endeavors, and to help guide programmatic 
priorities for RDoC and the Institute.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 490.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                 Instrument type                     Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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Workshops.......................................              50               1               8             400
Interviews......................................              10               1           30/60               5
Surveys.........................................             100               1           30/60              50
Focus Groups....................................              10               1               1              10
Assessment Forms................................             100               1           15/60              25
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    Total.......................................             270             270  ..............             490
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    Dated: July 6, 2021.
Andrew A. Hooper,
Project Clearance Liaison, National Institute of Mental Health, 
National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2021-14630 Filed 7-8-21; 8:45 am]
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