[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 173 (Friday, September 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42559-42560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19078]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 30-Day Comment Request; Application To 
Participate in the National Institutes of Health Technical Assistance 
Programs: Commercialization Accelerator Program (CAP)

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 June 15, 
2017, page 27516 (82 FR 27516) 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.

DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured 
of having their full effect if received within 30-days of the date of 
this publication.

ADDRESSES: 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, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c63657e6d735f594e41455f5f4543426c43414e0249435c024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="622d2b30233d1117000f0b11110b0d0c220d0f004c070d124c050d14">[email protected]</span></a> or by fax to 202-395-6974, Attention: Desk 
Officer for NIH.

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: J. P. Kim, NIH SBIR/STTR Program Manager & NIH 
Extramural Data Sharing Policy Officer, Small Business Innovation 
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program 
Office, Office of Extramural Programs (OEP)/Office of Extramural 
Research (OER), Office of the Director (OD)/National Institutes of 
Health (NIH), 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 350; Bethesda, Maryland 
20892-7963 or call non-toll-free number (301) 435-0189 or Email your 
request, including your address to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0baa0bbb9bd90beb9b8feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a001a0103072a040302440d051c">[email protected]</span></a>. Formal requests for 
additional plans and instruments must be requested in writing.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commercialization Accelerator Program 
(CAP), 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.
    In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 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.
    Proposed Collection: Application to Participate in the National 
Institutes of Health Technical Assistance Programs: Commercialization 
Accelerator Program (CAP)--0925--Existing Without OMB Approval, Office 
of Extramural Programs (OEP)/Office of Extramural Research (OER), 
Office of the Director (OD)/National Institutes of Health.
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The purpose of this 
application is to collect information to be used internally by the NIH 
SBIR/STTR staff to identify and select small businesses that would most 
benefit if selected as participants in the NIH Commercialization 
Accelerator Program (CAP). The data will not be used to formulate or 
change policies. Rather, it will be used to enable NIH SBIR/STTR staff 
to be responsive to its constituents by offering commercialization 
training to meet the goals of the Phase II small business NIH awardees. 
The form will be online for any potential CAP applicant companies and 
completed electronically.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 150.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of
               Type of respondent                    Number of     responses per   Average time    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response     burden hour
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SBIR Phase II Awardees..........................             100               1              90             150
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    Total.......................................             100             100  ..............             150
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    Dated: September 1, 2017.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2017-19078 Filed 9-7-17; 8:45 am]
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