In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (0MB) a request for review a...
NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education—Application, Registration, and Alumni AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (0MB) a request for review and approval of the information collection listed below.
DATES:
Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received by September 8, 2026.
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. Patricia Wagner, Program Analyst, Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE), Office of Intramural Research (OIR), Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH); 2 Center Drive: Building 2/2nd Floor; Bethesda, MD 20892 or call non-toll-free number 240-476-3619 or email your request, including your address to:
pat.wagner@nih.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This proposed information collection was previously published in the
Federal Register
on April 30, 2026 on pages 23290-23291 (Volume 91 No. 83) and allowed 60 days for public comment. Zero public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), 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
( printed page 51176)
a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
In compliance with Section 3507(a)(l)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, NIH has submitted to the OMB a request for review and approval of the information collection listed below.
Proposed Collection:
NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education—Application, Registration, and Alumni Systems, 0925-0299, exp., date, 31-May-2027, REVISION, Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE), Office of Intramural Research (OIR), Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection:
The Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE) administers a variety of programs and initiatives to recruit pre-college through post-doctoral educational level individuals into the National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program (NIH-IRP) to facilitate their development into future biomedical scientists. The proposed information collection is necessary to assess the eligibility and quality of potential awardees for traineeships in these programs.
The OITE collection systems use templates that have features that may be enabled based on that particular program need, this includes the following categories: number of recommendation letters, financial need statement, NIH campus location, etc. In addition, these templates allow for program specific labeling and directions to ensure each collection form is tailored for a specific training program, including but not limited to: Summer Internship Program (SIP), Postbaccalaureate Program (PBP), Graduate Partnerships Program (GPP), Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP), and Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE).
The collection forms solicit the following information categories: personal information, eligibility criteria, contact information, university-assigned student identification number, training program selection, scientific discipline interests, educational level, educational history, reference information, resume components, employment history, employment interests, research abstract, personal statement, letters of recommendation, financial aid need, and sensitive data.
Additional collection forms are designed to collect information relevant to on-boarding paperwork, event registrations, offboarding paperwork, interview experience feedback, and training program experience feedback. Sensitive data collected on the applicants: race/ethnicity, sex, relatives at NIH, and recruitment method, are made available only to select OITE staff members or in aggregate form to select NIH offices; no sensitive information is provided to the admission committees for admission consideration.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 14,311.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Type
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
annually per
respondent
Average time/response (hours)
Total annual burden hours
NIH-AC Account
2,250
1
1/60
38
NIH-AC Applications
10,000
1
45/60
7,500
NIH-AC Reference Letters
25,000
1
10/60
4,167
NIH-AC Financial Need
150
1
10/60
25
UGSP Interview Experience Survey
30
1
10/60
5
UGSP Contract
25
1
10/60
4
UGSP Payback Evaluation
40
1
10/160
7
UGSP Deferment Form
50
1
10/60
8
GPP Interview Experience Survey
90
1
10/60
15
GPP Awards Certificate
75
1
3/60
4
FARE Application
950
1
10/60
158
FARE Judge Registration
375
1
3/60
19
Trainee Onboarding Survey
1,300
1
10/60
217
Trainee Offboarding Survey
1,300
1
10/60
217
Trainee Feedback Survey
2,000
1
20/60
667
OITE Website Accounts
5,200
1
3/60
260
Event Registrations
20,000
1
3/60
1,000
Totals
68,835
14,311
Dated: July 30, 2026.
Matthew J. Memoli,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain