Fellowship Applications and Award Forms; Submission for OMB Review: comment request

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Fellowship Applications and Award Forms; Submission for OMB

Review: comment request

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the National Science Foundation

(NSF) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. Such a

notice was published at Federal Register 28904, Dated June 6, 1996. No

public comments were received.

The materials are now being sent to OMB for review. Send any

written comments to Desk Officer: OMB No. 3145-0023, OIRA, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Comments should be

received by September 6, 1996.

Comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the information shall have practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Proposed projects. Section 10 of the National Science Foundation

Act, as amended, states that ``The Foundation is authorized to award,

within the limits of funds made available * * * scholarships and

graduate fellowships for scientific study or scientific work in the

mathematical, physical, medical, biological, engineering, social, and

other sciences at appropriate nonprofit American or nonprofit foreign

institutions selected by the recipient of such aid, for stated periods

of time.''

The Foundation Fellowship Programs are designed to meet the

following objectives:

To assure that some of the Nation's most talented students

in the sciences obtain the education necessary to become creative and

productive scientific researchers.

To train or upgrade advanced scientific personnel to

enhance their abilities as teachers and researchers.

To promote graduate education the sciences, mathematics,

and engineering at institutions that have traditionally served ethnic

minorities.

To encourage pursuit of advanced science degrees by

students who are members of ethnic groups traditionally under-

represented in the Nation's advanced science personnel pool.

The Foundations has the following Fellowship award programs:

NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Graduate Fellowships

Minority Graduate Fellowships

Women in Engineering and Computer and Information Science

Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Chemistry

Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowships in Science and Engineering

Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Supporting Activities

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biosciences Related to the

Environment

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Molecular Evolution

Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiments

Advanced Study Institute Travel Awards

International Opportunities for Scientists and Engineers

Japan Research Fellows

North American Research Fellows

International Research Fellows

Ethics and Values Fellowship Awards

These are annual award programs with application deadlines varying

according to the fellowship program. Public burden may also vary

according to program, however it is estimated that each submission is

averaged to be 12 hours per respondent.

Dated: August 5, 1996.

Herman G. Fleming,

NSF Clearance Officer.

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