[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 27917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09386]


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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 (CSR)

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: Dr. Hope Cummings, Project Clearance Liaison, 
Center for Scientific Review, NIH, Room 907-M, 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 February 14, 2023, 
pages 9528-9529 (88 FR 30) 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 Title: Early Career Reviewer Program Online 
Application and Vetting System--0925-0695, REVISION--expiration date 
06/30/2023, 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 by removing several optional 
socio-demographic questions.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 555.

                                        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.............................           1,332               1           25/60             555
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    Total.......................................  ..............           1,332  ..............             555
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Hope M. Cummings,
Project Clearance Liaison, Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National 
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2023-09386 Filed 5-2-23; 8:45 am]
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