[Federal Register: December 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 238)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS-0990-New]
Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment
Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following
summary of a proposed information collection request for public
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden. To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any
related forms for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above,
e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and OS document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6162. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be
directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above email
address within 60-days.
Proposed Project: Training Ph.D.s: Faculty Views on Their Role and
Their Institution's Role to Promote the Development of Responsible
Researchers--OMB No. 0990-New--Office of Research Integrity.
Abstract: Preventing research misconduct and abuse is of paramount
importance. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued two reports in
the last 10 years addressing this concern and clearly states that
mentoring is a key factor in promoting the development of responsible
researchers. However, little is actually known about the qualities and
activities of effective mentors. The proposed project will focus on
collecting descriptive information from faculty about their role as
advisor and mentor and how faculty members perform these roles in their
daily work with PhD candidates. In addition faculty members will be
asked to describe how involved their institution is in promoting
training or otherwise supporting research mentoring and advising.
The data will come from a random selection of 10,000 investigators
drawn from the 2005 and 2006 National Institutes of Health or National
Science Foundation grant recipients who have supervised doctoral
students in the last five years and are faculty in two types of
institutions: (1) Medical schools (within universities or stand alone)
and (2) all other universities. We are requesting clearance for a one-
time web
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based survey which will be conduced over one year.
Respondents and Burden Estimates for the Training Ph.D.S Survey
Estimated Annualized Burden Table
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Average burden
Number of Number of hours per Total burden
Forms Type of respondent respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Faculty Survey Instrument..................... Faculty who advise a PhD 4,620 1 20/60 1,540
candidate.
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Mary Oliver-Anderson,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance
Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-24055 Filed 12-11-07; 8:45 am]
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