Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Research and Research Training Grant Applications and Related Forms

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Research and Research

Training Grant Applications and Related Forms

SUMMARY: 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 Office of Extramural

Research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic

summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Research and Research Training Grant

Applications and Related Forms. Type of Information Collection Request:

Revision, OMB 0925-0001, Expiration Date 9/30/97. Form Numbers: PHS

398, 2590, 2271, 3734 and HHS 568. Need and Use of Information

Collection: The application is used by applicants to request Federal

assistance for research and research-related training. The other

related forms are used for trainee appointment, final invention

reporting, and to relinquish rights to a research grant. Frequency of

Response: Applicants may submit applications for published receipt

dates. If awarded, annual progress is reported and trainees may be

appointed or reappointed. Affected Public: Individuals or Households;

Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal

Government; and State, Local or Tribal Government. Type of Respondents:

Adult scientific professionals. The annual reporting burden is as

follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 111,182; Estimated Number of

Responses per Respondent: 1.05; Average Burden Hours Per Response:

19.63; and Estimated total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 2,291,676.

The estimated annualized cost to respondents in $80,127,861 (Using a

$35 physician/professor/clerical/trainee/administration staff average

hourly wage rate.) There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no

Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the

public and affected agencies are invited on one or more the following

points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the function of the agency, including

whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy

of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of

information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions

used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

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Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

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 Barbara Wassell, Project Clearance Liaison,

Division of Grants Policy, Office of Policy for Extramural Research,

NIH, Rockledge II Building, Room 2189, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda,

MD 2089-7730, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0937 or E-mail

your request, including your address to:

[email protected]>.

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if received within 60-days of

the date of this publication.

Dated: January 23, 1997.

Ruth L. Kirschstein,

Deputy Director, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97-2484 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]

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