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national database. Grantees will receive 

site-level data to use in ongoing program 

improvement and grant reporting. 

Grantees of the Community Engagement 

Grant Program are required to 

participate in technical assistance to 

ensure they are able to administer the 

surveys, collect the data, and use the 

data to guide decisions about their 

programs. The Arts Endowment will use 

the data to monitor program outputs as 

part of grant program performance 

measurement. 

Dated: March 4, 2022. 

Meghan Jugder, 

Support Services Specialist, Office of 

Administrative Services & Contracts, National 

Endowment for the Arts. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request; Grantee 

Reporting Requirements for 

Partnership for Research and 

Education in Materials (PREM) 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to renew this collection. In accordance 

with the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing 

opportunity for public comment on this 

action. After obtaining and considering 

public comment, NSF will prepare the 

submission requesting Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

clearance of this collection for no longer 

than 3 years. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by May 9, 2022 to be 

assured consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

Send comments to address below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 

W18200, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; 

telephone (703) 292–7556; or send email 

to splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339, which is accessible 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a 

year (including Federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Grantee Reporting 

Requirements for Partnerships for 

Research and Education in Materials 

(PREM). 

OMB Number: 3145–0232. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

September 30, 2022. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to renew an information 

collection. 

Overview of this Information 

Collection: The Partnerships for 

Research and Education in Materials 

(PREM) aims to enhance diversity in 

materials research and education by 

stimulating the development of formal, 

long-term, collaborative research and 

education relationships between 

minority-serving colleges and 

universities and centers, institutes and 

facilities supported by the NSF Division 

of Materials Research (DMR). With this 

collaborative model PREMs build 

intellectual and physical infrastructure 

within and between disciplines, 

weaving together knowledge creation, 

knowledge integration, and knowledge 

transfer. PREMs conduct world-class 

research through partnerships of 

academic institutions, national 

laboratories, industrial organizations, 

and/or other public/private entities. 

New knowledge thus created is 

meaningfully linked to society, with an 

emphasis on enhancing diversity. 

PREMs enable and foster excellent 

education, integrate research and 

education, and create bonds between 

learning and inquiry so that discovery 

and creativity more fully support the 

learning process. PREMs capitalize on 

diversity through participation and 

collaboration in center activities and 

demonstrate leadership in the 

involvement of groups 

underrepresented in science and 

engineering. 

PREMs will be required to submit 

annual reports on progress and plans, 

which will be used as a basis for 

performance review and determining 

the level of continued funding. To 

support this review and the 

management of the award PREMs will 

be required to develop a set of 

management and performance 

indicators for submission annually to 

NSF via the Research Performance 

Project Reporting module in 

Research.gov. These indicators are both 

quantitative and descriptive and may 

include, for example, the characteristics 

of personnel and students; sources of 

financial support and in-kind support; 

expenditures by operational component; 

research activities; education activities; 

patents, licenses; publications; degrees 

granted to students involved in PREM 

activities; descriptions of significant 

advances and other outcomes of the 

PREM effort. 

Each PREM’s annual report will 

include the following categories of 

activities: (1) Research, (2) education (3) 

outreach, (4) partnerships, (5) diversity, 

(6) management, and (7) budget issues. 

For each of the categories the report 

will describe overall objectives for the 

year, problems the PREM has 

encountered in making progress towards 

goals, anticipated problems in the 

following year, and specific outputs and 

outcomes. 

PREMs are required to file a final 

report through the RPPR and external 

technical assistance contractor. Final 

reports contain similar information and 

metrics as annual reports but are 

retrospective. 

Use of the Information: NSF will use 

the information to continue funding of 

PREMs, and to evaluate the progress of 

the program. 

Estimate of Burden: 50 hours per 

PREM for 32 PREMs for a total of 1,600 

hours. 

Respondents: Non-profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Report: One from each of the fifteen 

PREMs. 

Comments: Comments are invited on 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Dated: March 4, 2022. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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