Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Training Tomorrow's Scientists: Linking Minorities and Mentors Through the Web

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63819-63820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30418]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Training Tomorrow's 
Scientists: Linking Minorities and Mentors Through the Web

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences 
Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review

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and approve the information collection listed below. This proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
on May 24, 1999, pages 28001-28002, and allowed 60 days for public 
comment. Two public comments were received in response to the notice, 
both requesting additional general information on the project. No 
comments were received regarding cost or hour burden for respondents. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comment. The 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.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Training Tomorrow's Scientists: Linking Minorities and 
Mentors through the Web. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. 
Need and Use of Information Collection: This activity will increase the 
visibility of the National Institutes of Health's Research Supplements 
for Underrepresented Minorities program. The primary objective is to 
ensure in the coming decades a concentration of minority researchers 
who will address behavioral and social factors important in improving 
the public health and eliminating racial disparities. The Office will 
design a web site that will link promising minorities at the high 
school through junior faculty level with senior NIH-funded researchers 
who are willing to mentor. The activity is consistent with the 
Congressional mandate for the Office to enhance behavioral and social 
science training opportunities at NIH, especially for minorities. 
Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or 
households. Type of Respondents: Students (high school, college, 
graduate school), postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and NIH 
researchers. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated 
Number of Respondents: 4,000; Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 1; Average Burden Hours Per Response: .49 and Estimated 
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 1960. The annualzied cost to 
respondents is estimated at: 0. There are no Capital Costs, Operating 
Costs, or Maintenance Costs to report.

Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies should address one or more of the following points: (1) 
Evaluate 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) Evaluate 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) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) 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.

Direct Comments to OMB

    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained 
in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and 
associated response time, should be directed to the: Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk 
Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or 
to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact: 
Dr. Paula Skedsvold, Science Policy Officer, Office of Behavioral and 
Social Sciences Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes 
of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31, Room B1C32, Bethesda, MD 
20892, or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-6780 or E-mail your 
request,including your address to: skedsvop@od.nih.gov.

Comments Due Date

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received on or before December 22, 1999.

    Dated: November 12, 1999.
Virginia Cain,
Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Behavioral and Social 
Sciences Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of 
Health.
[FR Doc. 99-30418 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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