[Federal Register: July 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 138)]
[Notices]
[Page 41031-41032]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Outcome Evaluation of
NCI's Activities To Promote Research Collaboration (APRC) Program
Summary: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Cancer Institute (NCI),
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. This proposed information
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on March
13, 2006, page 12703-12704 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 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: Outcome Evaluation of NCI's Activities to Promote Research
Collaboration (APRC) Program.
Type of Information Collection Request: New.
Need and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of this study
is to systematically assess the extent to which NCI's Activities to
Promote Research Collaborations (APRC) program has been successful in
accomplishing its intended goals of (1) capacity building and (2)
generating innovative advances. The innovative advances outcome
analysis will answer the question of whether APRC projects resulted in
promising, novel concepts and advances in cancer research. The capacity
building outcome analysis will determine whether participation in the
APRC program has enabled the program participants to successfully
integrate interdisciplinary approaches in their scientific
investigations and enhanced their ability to pursue other
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collaborative research activities. The study will involve interviewing
former APRC-funded researchers. The evaluation results will provide DCB
with the information to make quality improvements to the APRC program
and enhance program performance in generating significant outcomes. It
will also strengthen our understanding of the value of collaborative
and interdisciplinary research and inform NCI's approach to supporting
and encouraging scientific collaboration among researchers from
multiple disciplines in the future.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Affected Public: Individuals; scientific and research communities.
Type of Respondents: Researchers.
The annual reporting burden is as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 250;
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1;
Average Burden Hours per Response: .5; and
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 125.
The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $4034. There
are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
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Estimated annual Estimated No. of Average burden Estimated total
Type of respondents No. of responses per hours per annual burden
respondents respondents response hours requested
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Researcher.......................... 250 1 0.5 125
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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.
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: Kelly Kim, Program Administrator, DNA and
Chromosome Aberrations Branch, DCB, NCI, NIH, 6130 Executive Blvd, Room
5025, Rockville, MD 20892, or call non-toll-free number 301-496-5473 or
e-mail your request, including your address to: kimke@mail.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days
of the date of this publication.
Dated: July 12, 2006.
Rachelle Ragland Greene,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. E6-11382 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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