Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Early Career Reviewer Program Online Application and Vetting System (Center for Scientific Review)
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Center for Scientif...
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) National Institutes of Health will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
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:
hope.cummings@nih.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This proposed information collection was previously published in the
Federal Register
on March 5, 2026, pages 10812-10813 (91 FR 10812) and allowed 60 days for public comment. Two 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:
Early Career Reviewer Program Online Application and Vetting System—0925-0695, Extension—expiration date 06/30/2026, 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 research programs 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 extend the Early Career Reviewer Application and Vetting System for an additional 3 years. The ICR also includes an increase in the number of burden hours to respondents due to a rise in the number of program applications since the last approval period.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total
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estimated annualized burden hours are 620.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Type of respondent
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per respondent
Average time
per response
(in hours)
Total annual
burden hours
Research scientists
1488
1
25/60
620
Total
1488
1488
620
Dated: May 15, 2026.
Hope M. Cummings,
Project Clearance Liaison, Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institutes of Health.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 29148
Web Citation
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“Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Early Career Reviewer Program Online Application and Vetting System (Center for Scientific Review),” thefederalregister.org (May 19, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-10022/submission-for-omb-review-30-day-comment-request-early-career-reviewer-program-online-application-and-vetting-system-cen.