Change Request Memo to OIRA

DATE: June 12, 2013

TO: Julie Wise

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Reports Clearance Officer, DHHS

FROM: Seleda M. Perryman

Chief, Project Clearance Branch

SUBJECT: Change Request to a Currently Approved Form

(OMB # 0925-0002, Expiration Date 08/31/2015)

In August, 2012 NIH received approval of all pre-award application forms under OMB Collection number 0925-0001, as well as post-award forms in OMB Collection 0925-0002. NIH is requesting non-substantive changes to instructions in two of the forms approved under 0925-0002 which do not change the approved data collection or anticipated burden hours. However, as part of this request NIH is also requesting the addition of respondents to the RPPR (2590 or 416-9) forms in order to capture the addition of graduate and undergraduate students that will be using the form going forward. The data elements of the forms will remain the same. The current burden for this respondent population will increase the RPPR form by 6,500 burden hours from the current approved burden hours of 608,535 to 615,035. The total burden hours for the entire clearance will also increase accordingly to 647,258

Details on these changes are provided in the attached change request document. Since the most recent approval of 0925-0002 several Federal-wide and agency-specific initiatives have begun that require modification to instructions used for progress reports cleared in this package, specifically the PHS 2590 and the NIH Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR). There is no new data collection being proposed. The changes are described in a separate justification document that explains the background and natures of the changes. Two other attachment show how the changes will appear on the document.

Attachment A: Revised RPPR Instruction text for questions B.4 & D in the Instruction Guide

Attachment B: Revised PHS 259 Form Page 7 and instructions

Your full consideration is appreciated.