Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 236 / Thursday, December 7, 2000 / Notices 76649

IHS–856, 856–2, through 856–8, IHS–

815. IHS–816, IHS–818, D–02, F–02, F–

04, G–02, G–04, H–07, H–08, J–06, J–07,

K–03, K–04, and L–03. Reporting

formats are contained in an IHS

Scholarship Program application

booklet. Need and Use of Information

Collection: The IHS Scholarship Branch

needs this information for program

administration and uses the information

to solicit, process and award IHS PreGraduate, Preparatory and/or Health

Professions Scholarship grantees and

monitor the academic performance of

awardees, to place awardees at payback

sites, and for awardees to request

additional program. The IHS

Scholarship Program is streamlining the

application to reduce the time needed

by applicants to complete and provide

the information, and plans on using

information technology to make the

application electronically available on

the Internet.

Affected Public: Individuals, not-forprofit institutions and State, local or

Tribal Government.

Type of Respondents: Students

pursuing health care professions.

The table below provides: Types of

data collection instruments, Estimated

number of respondents, Number of

responses per respondent, Annual

number of responses, Average burden

hour per response, and Total annual

burden hour(s).

Data collection instrument(s) Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Total annual

response

Burden hour per

response*

Annual

burden

hours

Scholarship Application (IHS–856) ............................................ 875 1 875 1.50 (90 min) ........... 1,312

Checklist (856–2) ....................................................................... 875 1 875 0.13 (8 min) ............. 114

Course Verification (856–3) ....................................................... 875 1 875 0.70 (42 min) ........... 613

Faculty/Employer Application (856–4) ....................................... 1,750 1 1,750 0.83 (50 min) ........... 1,453

Justification (856–5) ................................................................... 875 1 875 0.75 (45 min) ........... 656

Federal Debt (856–6) ................................................................. 875 1 875 0.13 (8 min) ............. 114

MPH only (856–7) ...................................................................... 50 1 50 0.83 (50 min) ........... 42

Accept/Decline (856–8) .............................................................. 875 1 875 0.13 (8 min) ............. 114

Stipend Checks (D–02) .............................................................. 100 1 100 0.13 (8 min) ............. 13

Enrollment (F–02) ...................................................................... 1,400 1 1,400 0.13 (8 min) ............. 182

Academic Problem/Change (F–04) ............................................ 100 1 100 0.13 (8 min) ............. 13

Request Assistance (G–02) ....................................................... 217 1 217 0.13 (8 min) ............. 28

Summer School (G–04) ............................................................. 193 1 193 0.10 (6 min) ............. 19

Contract (818) ............................................................................ 1,400 1 1,400 0.27 (16 min) ........... 378

Placement (H–07) ...................................................................... 250 1 250 0.18 (11 min) ........... 45

Graduation (H–08) ..................................................................... 250 1 250 0.17 (10 min) ........... 43

Site Preference (J–04) ............................................................... 150 1 150 0.13 (8 min) ............. 20

Travel Reimb (J–05) .................................................................. 150 1 150 0.10 (6 min) ............. 15

Status Report (K–03) ................................................................. 250 1 250 0.25 (15 min) ........... 63

Preferred Assignment (K–04) .................................................... 200 1 200 0.75 (45 min) ........... 150

Deferment (L–03) ....................................................................... 20 1 20 0.13 (8 min) ............. 3

Total .................................................................................... 11,730 .................... .................... ................................. 5,390

*For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.

There are no Capital Costs, Operating

Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to

report.

Request for Comments: Your written

comments and/or suggestions are

invited on one or more of the following

points: (a) Whether the information

collection activity is necessary to carry

out an agency function; (b) whether the

agency processes the information

collected in a useful and timely fashion;

(c) the accuracy of public burden

estimate (the estimated amount of time

needed for individual respondents to

provide the requested information; (d)

whether the methodology and

assumptions used to determine the

estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information being collected; and (f)

ways to minimize the public burden

through the use of automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

SEND COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION: Send your written

comments, requests for more

information on the proposed collection,

or requests to obtain a copy of the data

collection instrument(s) and

instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen,

Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance

Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway,

Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852–1601 or

call non-toll free (301) 443–5938, send

via facsimile to (301) 443–2316, or send

your e-mail requests, comments, and

return address to:

lhodahkw@hqe.ihs.gov.

COMMENT DUE DATE: Your comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received on or before February 5, 2001.

Dated: November 29, 2000.

Michael H. Trujillo,

Assistant Surgeon General, Director.

[FR Doc. 00–31153 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Proposed Collection: Comment

Request; Revision of OMB No. 0925–

0001/exp.02/28/01, ‘‘Research and

Research Training Grant Applications

and Related Forms’’

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the

Office of Extramural Research, the

National Institutes of Health (NIH) will

publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects to be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval.

Proposed Collection

Title: Research and Research Training

Grant Applications and Related Forms.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Revision, OMB 0925–0001,

Expiration Date 02/28/01. Form

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and HHS 568.

Need and Use of Information

Collection: The application is used by

applicants to request Federal assistance

for research and research-related

training. The other related forms are

used for trainee appointment, final

invention reporting, and to relinquish

rights to a research grant.

Frequency of response: Applicants

may submit applications for published

receipt dates. If awarded, annual

progress is reported and trainees may be

appointed or reappointed.

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions; Federal

Government; and State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Type of Respondents: Adult scientific

professionals. The annual reporting

burden is as follows:

Estimated Number of Respondents:

114,407;

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1;

Average Burden Hours Per Response:

12.040; and

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours Requested: 1,377,548. The

estimated annualized cost to

respondents is $48,214,180.

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.

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 Ms. Jan Heffernan,

Division of Grants Policy, Office of

Policy for Extramural Research

Administration, NIH, Rockledge 1

Building, Room 1196, 6705 Rockledge

Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892–7974, or

call non-toll-free number (301) 435–

0940, or E-mail your request, including

your address to: Heffernj@OD.NIH.GOV

Comments Due Date

Comments regarding this information

collection are best assured of having

their full effect if received on or before

February 5, 2001.

Dated: November 29, 2000.

Carol Tippery,

Acting Director, OPERA, NIH, GOV.

[FR Doc. 00–31213 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Cancer Institute; Call for

Nominations for the National Cancer

Institute Director’s Liaison Group

The National Cancer Institute (NCI),

the federal government’s primary

agency for cancer research, is seeking

nominations for five new members of

the NCI Director’s Consumer Liaison

Group (DCLG) who will be appointed in

July 2001. The DCLG helps NCI to

identify appropriate advocates to serve

on its program and policy advisory

committees, and it serves as a channel

for consumer advocates to voice their

views and concerns. The DCLG is a

federal chartered advisory committee of

the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It

consists of 15 consumer advocates who

are involved in cancer advocacy and

who reflect the diversity among those

whose lives are affected by cancer.

NCI brings together these advocates

from many communities to advise and

make recommendations to the Director,

NCI from the consumer advocate

perspective on a wide variety of issues,

programs and research priorities. All

DCLG members must be U.S. citizens.

Specifically the DCLG members:

• Help develop and establish

processes, mechanisms, and criteria for

identifying appropriate consumer

advocates to serve on a variety of

program and policy advisory

committees responsible for advancing

the mission of the NCI.

• Serve as a primary forum for

discussing issues and concerns and

exchanging viewpoints that are

important to the broad development of

the NCI programmatic and research

priorities.

• Establish and maintain strong

collaborations between the NCI and the

cancer advocacy community to reach

common goals.

Eligibility Requirements for Individual

Members

To serve on the DCLG, a member must

meet the following minimum eligibility

requirements:

• Be involved in the cancer

experience as a cancer survivor, a

person affected by the suffering and

consequences of cancer, or a

professional or volunteer who works

with survivors or those affected.

• Represent a constituency (formally

or informally) with whom she or he

communicates regularly on cancer

issues and be able to serve as a conduit

for information both to and from his/her

constituency.

DCLG members must be committed to

participating in all activities of the

DCLG which includes at least two

meetings a year in Bethesda.

Criteria for Evaluating Individual

Candidates

Nominees who meet the minimum

eligibility requirements will be further

assessed based on the following criteria:

• Cancer Advocacy experience

• Ability to communicate effectively

• Ability to represent broad issues,

think ‘‘globally’’

• Ability to contribute to an effective

group process

• Leadership ability

Characteristics of the DCLG

In addition to the criteria for

individual candidates, the following

characteristics of the DCLG as a group

are intended to ensure that it reflects the

breadth and diversity of the consumer

advocacy community:

• Multicultural diversity

• A broad mix of cancer sites

• Representation of the medically

underserved

• Men and women

• A range of organizations (local/

regional and national)

• Age diversity

• Geographic diversity (rural/urban

mix)

Selection Process

A call for nominations is

disseminated annually to a broad range

of groups, including local, regional and

national organizations, to encourage

nominations of candidates reflecting the

diversity sought for the DCLG. All

nominees are screened for eligibility,

then evaluated according to the criteria.

A list of highly qualified candidates

who reflect balance and diversity of

representation is forwarded to the

Director, NCI, who selects the DCLG

members. The original members of the

DCLG endorsed this process, which will

be used to select future members.