Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Individual National Research Service Award Application and Related Forms

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Individual National

Research Service Award Application 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: Individual National Research Service Award Application and

Related Forms. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision, OMB

0925-0002, Expiration Date 6/30/98. Form Numbers: PHS 416-1, 416-5,

416-7, 6031, 6031-1. Need and Use of Information Collection: The PHS

416-1 and PHS 416-9 are used by individuals to apply for direct

research training support. Awards are made to individual applicants for

specified training proposals in biomedical and behavioral research,

selected as a result of a national competition. The other related forms

(PHS 416-5, 416-7, 6031, 6031-1) are used by these individuals to

activate, terminate, and provide for

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payback of a National Research Service Award. Frequency of Response:

Applicants may submit applications for published receipt dates. If

awarded, annual progress is reported. Related forms are used at

activation, termination, and to provide for payback of a National

Research Service Award. 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 trainees and professionals. The annual reporting

burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 29,748;

Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0834; Average Burden

Hours Per Response: 2.658 hours; and Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours Requested: 85,679. The estimated annualized cost to respondents

is $1,985,472 (Using a $35 physician/professor average hourly wage

rate, and a $12 trainee 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 of 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) 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 Charles MacKay, NIH Project Clearance Officer,

Division of Grants Policy, Office of Policy for Extramural Research

Administration, OER, NIH, Rockledge II, Rm. 2196, 6701 Rockledge Dr.,

Bethesda, MD 20892-7730, or call non-toll free at (301) 435-0978 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 on or before June

1, 1998.

Dated: March 24, 1998.

Geoffrey E. Grant,

Director, Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, NIH.

[FR Doc. 98-8595 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am]

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