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I. Abstract 

The National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA) is leading an 

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vehicle noise 

cooperative human response study 

involving multiple testing locations, 

other US government agencies, 

academia, and industry. Overarching 

study goals are: 

1. Obtain a wide range of UAM 

vehicle sounds for use in human 

response studies. 

2. Provide insights into human 

response of UAM vehicle noise that will 

collectively be challenging for any 

single agency or organization to acquire. 

3. Create an open database of human 

response to UAM vehicle noise to 

support follow-on studies. 

The UAM vehicle noise cooperative 

human response study is currently 

divided into two phases: A Feasibility 

Phase (Phase 1) and Phase 2. Each phase 

executes one or more psychoacoustic 

tests. Phase 1 seeks to demonstrate and 

refine the test methodology that will be 

used in Phase 2. Since UAM vehicle 

noise may be challenging to acquire as 

stimuli, the Phase 1 psychoacoustic test 

will use other types of aircraft noise as 

stimuli. Phase 2 will focus on capturing 

human response to UAM vehicle noise 

stimuli. 

This information collection is for the 

Phase 1 psychoacoustic test. A remote 

psychoacoustic testing platform will 

allow recruited test subjects to listen to 

NASA-provided test sound stimuli over 

the internet using their own computers 

and headphones and register their 

annoyance rating for each. 

The outcome of the Phase 1 

psychoacoustic test is a demonstrated 

capability for ranking of sound stimuli 

by annoyance ratings from remote test 

subjects. 

II. Methods of Collection 

Test subjects will electronically 

indicate their annoyance rating to test 

stimuli into an interface displayed on 

their own computers. 

III. Data 

Title: Remote Psychoacoustic Test for 

Urban Air Mobility Vehicle Noise 

Human Response. 

OMB Number: 

Type of review: New. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Activities: 1. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

per Activity: 60. 

Annual Responses: 60. 

Estimated Time per Response: 80 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 80 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $3,200. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of NASA, including 

whether the information collected has 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

NASA’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (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 respondents, including automated 

collection techniques or the use of other 

forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection. 

They will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Lori Parker, 

NASA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 

VA 22314; or send email to splimpto@

nsf.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

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Title of Collection: Computer and 

Information Science and Engineering 

Research Experiences for 

Undergraduates Sites and Supplements 

Evaluation. 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

Not applicable. 

Type of Request: Intent to establish an 

information collection. 

Abstract: Every year the National 

Science Foundation (NSF) funds 

hundreds of Research Experience for 

Undergraduates (REU) activities through 

its REU program. The Directorate of 

Computer and Information Science and 

Engineering (CISE) is seeking to 

evaluate the effectiveness of the CISE 

REU program. 

The REU program provides 

undergraduate students at US higher 

education institutions with 

opportunities to work with faculty on a 

research project. They can take the form 

of REU Sites or REU Supplements. REU 

Sites are based on independent 

proposals to initiate and conduct 

projects that engage a number of 

students in research. REU Supplements 

are included as a component of 

proposals for new or renewal NSF 

grants or cooperative agreements or may 

be requested for ongoing NSF-funded 

research projects. 

By offering this opportunity to 

undergraduate students, the REU 

program seeks to expand student 

participation in all kinds of research— 

both disciplinary and 

interdisciplinary—encompassing efforts 

by individual investigators, groups, 

centers, national facilities, and others. 

The REU experience integrates research 

and education to attract a diverse pool 

of talented students into careers in 

science and engineering, including 

teaching and education research related 

to science and engineering. 

The current data collection project 

intends to measure the impact of the 

undergraduate REU Sites and REU 

Supplements programs sponsored by 

NSF CISE. The project will conduct 

online surveys to track NSF CISE REU 

participants over time—including preprogram, post-program and one-year 

post-program measurement—alongside 

two comparison groups: (1) Students 

participating in other undergraduate 

research, and (2) students who do not 

participate in research. The researchers 

will supplement REU participants’ 

survey data with demographic and 

background information collected via 

the NSF Education and Training 

Application (ETAP). The evaluation and 

research questions guiding this project 

include the following: 

1. Who are the students reached 

through the NSF REU Program, and how 

do they compare to students 

participating in other types of research 

experiences and to students in the 

broader CISE community? 

2. How do CISE REU Sites and REU 

Supplements differ from other research 

experiences (e.g., other REUs, 

internships, and independent research 

projects)? 

3. To what extent are the goals of the 

NSF REU Program being met by the 

individual projects within the program, 

including recruitment and retention of 

students in science and engineering 

fields and increasing diversity in these 

fields? 

4. In what ways does participation in 

REU Sites, REU Supplements, 

internships, and/or other independent 

research experiences impact student 

attitudes and pathways to CISE careers 

and other research experiences? 

5. In what ways does participation in 

the REU Sites and REU Supplements 

impact recruitment and retention of 

students who are underrepresented in 

computing? 

Ultimately, the findings from this data 

collection will be used to understand 

and improve the impact of the CISE 

REU program, including increasing 

recruitment and retention in science 

and engineering and promoting a 

diverse group of computing/STEM 

careers. 

Use of the information: The 

information collected through this 

survey will be used to evaluate the NSF 

CISE REU Program. 

Respondents: There will be three 

types of survey respondents: NSF CISE 

REU Site and Supplement participants, 

a comparison group of undergraduate 

students who participate in other, nonNSF REU research experiences, and a 

comparison group of undergraduate 

students who do not participate in 

research. 

NSF CISE REU participants will 

include undergraduate students who 

participate in REU projects in which the 

project’s Principal Investigator chooses 

to use NSF-sponsored program 

evaluation services. Participants from 

the two comparison groups will be 

identified and recruited from a pool of 

undergraduates in computing fields who 

have participated in a prior survey of 

the Computing Research Association 

and have agreed to be contacted for 

future data collection. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

The study’s data collection activities 

will occur over a span of 21⁄3 years. It 

is estimated that during this time, there 

will be approximately 3,500 NSF CISE 

REU survey respondents and 6,000 

comparison group survey respondents, 

for a total of 9,500 respondents. 

Average time per reporting: Each 

online survey is designed to be 

completed in 20 minutes or less. 

Frequency: Each NSF CISE REU 

participant will be asked to complete 

three surveys: (1) A pre-test before they 

begin their REU project; (2) a post-test, 

after their REU ends; and (3) a one-year 

follow-up survey. Within the data 

collection timeline for this project, this 

will allow for two full data collection 

cycles, plus a third subset of Year 3 

summer REU participants who will only 

complete a pre-test and a post-test, but 

no follow-up survey. Each comparison 

group participant, including both those 

with a different research experience and 

those with no research experience, will 

be asked to complete a pre-test survey 

and a follow-up survey occurring 

approximately one year later. There will 

be two full data collection cycles for 

comparison group participants. 

Estimate burden on the public: For 

REU participants, there will be two full 

cycles of data collection (pre-test, posttest, and follow-up) and one partial 

cycle. It is expected that a total of 3,500 

REU respondents will complete a 20- 

minute pre-survey in the project. Of 

these 3,500 REU participant 

respondents, we expect that 

approximately 70%, or 2,450, will 

complete a 20-minute post-survey. For 

the follow-up survey, only the REU 

participants from the first two years of 

the data collection would be able to 

complete the survey within the time 

range of the study (N=3,000). It is 

expected that approximately 50% of 

these respondents, or 1,500, will 

complete a 20-minute one-year followup survey. This would result in a total 

of 7,450 20-minute surveys completed 

by REU respondents, for a total of 2,483 

burden hours for this subset of 

respondents. 

For comparison group participations, 

there will be two full cycles of data 

collection. It is expected that a total of 

6,000 respondents will complete a 20- 

minute pre-survey in the project. Of 

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3,000, are expected to complete a 20- 

minute one-year follow-up survey. 

The total estimate for this collection 

is 9,000 surveys completed by 

comparison group respondents, for a 

total of 3,000 burden hours. Together, 

the total estimated survey burden for the 

project is 5,483 hours. The calculations 

are shown in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED SURVEY BURDEN

Category of respondent 

Number of 

year 1 

responses 

Number of 

year 2 

responses 

Number of year 3 

responses 

(partial year) 

Participation 

time 

(mins each) 

Burden 

(hours) 

REU participant Pre-survey .................................. 1,500 1,500 500 ................................ 20 1,166.67 

REU participant Post-survey (70% of original) ..... 1,050 1,050 350 ................................ 20 816.67 

REU participant Follow-up survey (50% of original).750 750 Not conducted .............. 20 500 

Comparison participant Pre-survey ...................... 3,000 3,000 Not conducted .............. 20 2,000 

Comparison participant Post-survey (50% of 

original).

1,500 1,500 Not conducted .............. 20 1,000 

Total surveys completed ............................... 7,800 7,800 850 ................................ 20 5,483 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

1. Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

evaluation of the CISE REU Sites and 

Supplements Program. 

2. The accuracy of the NSF’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information. 

3. 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. 

Dated: September 1, 2021. 

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