# Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** November 4, 1996
- **Citation:** 61 FR 56710

## Text

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

Title of Proposed Collection: National Science Foundation Proposal
Evaluation Process.
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 29432, dated June 10, 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. 3145-0100, OIRA, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Comments should be
received by December 1, 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

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of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Proposed Project: Separately budgeted current fund expenditures on
research and development in the sciences and engineering performed by
universities and colleges and their affiliated federally funded
research and development ceners--A mail survey, the Survey of
Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges,
originated in fiscal year (FY) 1954 and has been conducted annually
since FY 1972. The survey is the academic expenditure component of the
NSF statistical program that seeks to ``provide a central clearinghouse
for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on the
availability of, and the current and projected need for, scientific and
technical resources in the United States, and to provide a source of
information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal
government'' as mandated in the National Science Foundation Act of
1950. The proposed project will continue the current survey cycle for
three to five years. The FY 1996 and FY 1997 will be a statistical
sample of approximately 518 institutions and FY 1998 a full survey
population of about 700 institutions. The survey is conducted as a full
survey population every 5 years and as a statistical sample in each of
the 4 intervening years. These institutions account for over 95 percent
of the Nation's academic R&D funds. The survey has provided continuity
of statistics on R&D expenditures by source of funds and by science &
engineering (S&E) field, with separate data requested on current fund
expenditures for research equipment by S&E field. Statistics from the
survey are published in NSF's annual publication series Academic
Science and Engineering R&D Expenditures and are available
electronically on the World Wide Web.
The survey will be mailed primarily to the administrators at the
Institutional Research Offices. To minimize burden, institutions are
provided with (in addition to paper copy) an automatic survey
questionnaire (ASQ) diskette, pre-loaded with the institutions previous
years data and a complete program for editing and trend checking.
Respondents are encouraged to submit their response via the ASQ
diskette or electronically via internet. Approximately 60% responded
via ASQ or electronically to this voluntary survey in FY 1994 and a
total response rate of 90.6% was obtained. Burden estimates are as
follows:

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Doctorate- Bachelors degree
Total number of institutions granting Masters-granting or below
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(2) Burden hours

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FY 1992--480........................................... 20.8 12.0 4.4
FY 1993--700........................................... 21.0 8.1 5.2
FY 1994--518........................................... 21.6 7.7 4.3
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Dated: October 29, 1996.
Herman G. Fleming,
NSF Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-28132 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555-01-M

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