Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Generic Clearance for NIH Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Projects (Office of the Director)
In compliance with 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 a...
In compliance with 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.
DATES:
Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received by October 28, 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: Mikia Currie, Chief, Project Clearance Branch (PCB), Office of Policy and Extramural Research Administration (OPERA), Office of the Director (OD), Office of Extramural Research (OER), NIH, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, MSC 7980, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0941 or Email your request, including your address to:
ProjectClearanceBranch@mail.nih.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This proposed information collection was previously published in the
Federal Register
on July 6th, 2026, page 41050 No.127 Vol. 91 and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
The Project Clearance Branch (PCB), Office of Policy and Extramural Research Administration (OPERA), Office of the Director (OD), Office of Extramural Research (OER), 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:
Generic Clearance for NIH Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Projects—0925-0766—09/30/2026 Revision, Project Clearance Branch (PCB), Office of Policy and Extramural Research Administration (OPERA), Office of the Director (OD), Office of Extramural Research (OER), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection:
This revision of a currently approved generic clearance is to comply with the Administrations goals and priorities to continue allowing projects under this generic clearance to allow Agency researchers and program staff to test ideas more quickly, respond to the project's needs as they evolve, and incorporate feedback from participants for flexible, innovative research methods. The purpose of this information collection is to:
Accelerate scientific research
Increase cost-effectiveness to maximize the return on taxpayer dollars
Address societal needs
Provide hands-on learning in STEM education
Connect members of the public directly to federal science missions and each other
Identify and disseminate resources more broadly to the public, on the Institutes' and Centers' (ICs) websites, and/or
( printed page 61243)
Collect information for agency internal use to improve scientific practices and/or assist in scientific reviews
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 18,584.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Type of collection
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per respondent
Time per
response
(in hours)
Total hours
Call for Nominations/Resources
1,000
1
10/60
167
Recommendations of scientific reviewers
1,000
1
5/60
83
Request for Population Characteristics
20,000
1
5/60
1,667
Repository of Tools and Best Practices
100,000
1
10/60
16,667
Total
122,000
18,584
The Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Jon Lorsch, having reviewed and approved this document, authorizes Alycia Booth, who is the
Federal Register
Liaison, to electronically sign this document for purposes of publication in the
Federal Register
.
Dated: September 24, 2026.
Alycia Booth,
Federal Register Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 61242
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Generic Clearance for NIH Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Projects (Office of the Director),” thefederalregister.org (September 28, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-19804/submission-for-omb-review-30-day-comment-request-generic-clearance-for-nih-citizen-science-and-crowdsourcing-projects-of.
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain