Biosketch Generic Request Form

SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION COLLECTION

UNDER GENERIC CLEARANCES

DATE OF REQUEST: ____April XX, 2014___________

SUB AGENCY (I/C): _____Office of the Director________________

TITLE: __Pilot Enhanced NIH Biosketch___________________________________________________

GENERIC CLEARANCE UNDER OMB# ­__0925-0001/0002_____ EXP. DATE: _May 31, 2016_

ABSTRACT:

The NIH plans to modify and pilot test the Biographical Sketch form (OMB No. 0925-0001/0002 (Rev. 08/12 Approved Through 8/31/2015) in the following ways: Section A (personal statement related to qualifications for the proposed project) and Section C (list of up to 15 selected, peer-reviewed publications) will be enhanced. For most NIH grant applications, the biosketch section could be extended from the current limit of four pages to five. The descriptions will allow researchers to describe their most important scientific contributions and will move evaluation of past performance away from a simplistic consideration of the prestige of specific journals or the position of a particular name in a list of authors. The primary focus of the information will shift to more substantive issues, including the magnitude and significance of advances that resulted from a scientist’s work and the particular role that researcher played in those discoveries. This particular clearance would permit the NIH to conduct a limited pilot of the modified form to make sure there are no unintended consequences and particular populations of applicants are not disadvantaged.

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN APPROVED: ____XXX_______

BURDEN USED TO DATE: ____XXX__________

BURDEN THIS REQUEST: _ 150.________

IS RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA COLLECTED AS REQUIRED?

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OBLIGATION TO RESPOND:

__X____ VOLUNTARY

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HOW WILL THIS SURVEY BE OFFERED?

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

NAME: __Walter T. Schaffer, Ph.D.______________________________

TELEPHONE NUMBER: _301-402-2725_________________

EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]__________________