Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 212 / Friday, November 3, 2023 / Notices 75605 

Information in the SWP describes the 

timeframes and progress required 

during the grant period of performance 

to address each of the needs detailed in 

the Purpose and Need section of the 

application, as required in the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity announcement. 

Applicants use the SWP form when they 

submit their proposals, and award 

recipients and Project Officers use the 

SWP information to assist in monitoring 

progress once HRSA makes the awards. 

After awards are made, recipients 

complete a Quarterly Progress Update 

(QPU) to provide information to BHW 

on a quarterly basis on each activity 

listed in the SWP. 

A 60-day notice published in the 

Federal Register on August 25, 2023, 

vol. 88, No. 164; pp. 58284–85. There 

were no public comments. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: Information collected by 

the SWP form and QPUs standardizes 

and streamlines the data used by HRSA 

in reviewing applications and 

monitoring awardees. The form asks 

applicants to provide a description of 

the activities or steps the applicant will 

take to achieve each of the objectives 

proposed during the entire period of 

performance. The current standardized 

format and data submission by 

applicants increases efficiency in 

reviewing, awarding, and monitoring 

each project. 

The QPU is completed via HRSA’s 

Electronic Handbook system and 

prompts recipients to report on progress 

of activities that were submitted using 

the SWP in the original application. The 

QPU automatically populates activities 

from the recipient’s SWP form on a 

quarterly basis. For each activity listed 

in the submitted SWP for any particular 

quarter within the project period, 

recipients select and submit a single 

selection response for each activity 

status from a pull-down menu with five 

options: Activity is on Schedule, 

Activity is Complete, Timing is off 

track, Activity will be missed if action 

is not taken, and Activity cannot be 

achieved. Information provided is 

utilized by the program staff to regularly 

assess overall progress of program 

requirements and analyze data in order 

to monitor award recipient compliance 

and track progress against proposed 

targets and goals. Information gathered 

allows an improved and more efficient 

method for identifying whether projects’ 

goals are being advanced or achieved, as 

set forth in 45 CFR 75.342. Program staff 

also use information provided over the 

period of performance to see emerging 

trends and to assess whether an award 

recipient requires technical assistance to 

address challenges that the award 

recipient may be experiencing with the 

implementation of the project. Seeking 

OMB extension approval comports with 

the regulatory requirement imposed by 

45 CFR 75.206(a), Paperwork clearances. 

Likely Respondents: Respondents are 

applicants for, and recipients of, BHW’s 

research and training grants and 

cooperative agreements. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information; to search 

data sources; to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Standardized Work Plan (SWP) .......................................... 1,000 1 1,000 1.00 1,000 

Quarterly Progress Update (QPU) Form ............................. 1,000 4 4,000 .10 400 

Total .............................................................................. 1 1,000 ........................ 5,000 ........................ 1,400 

1The 1,000 SWP respondents reflects the number of new grant applications submitted annually. The 1,000 QPU respondents reflects the current volume of funded, active grants. 

Maria G. Button, 

Director, Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 1009 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Advancing 

Therapeutics II. 

Date: November 14, 2023. 

Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, 

Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting). 

Contact Person: Lystranne Alysia Maynard 

Smith, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, 

Center for Scientific Review, National 

Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, 

Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–402–4809, 

lystranne.maynard-smith@nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: October 30, 2023. 

Miguelina Perez, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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