This is a request for a new clearance
for the Center for Global Health's (CGH) Low and Mid - Income
Countries (LMICs) Global Health Collaborations. The CGH LMIC Global
Health Collaborations are part of a pilot initiative and
partnership, between the National Cancer Institute CGH and the
Office of Cancer Centers (OCC), to promote collaborations between
the NCI designated Cancer Centers and foreign institutions from Low
and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). This collaboration is designed
to develop and implement mutually beneficial global cancer research
programs by increasing the capability of these countries to
participate and partner in cancer research. The proposed
guidelines, as outlined in the Request for Proposals for Pilot
collaborations with LMICs in Global Cancer Research or Global
Health Research at NCI-Designated Cancer Centers announcement,
request information about award performance related to objectives,
accomplishments, barriers and challenges, collaborators, and
findings. The information is gathered six months into the award and
12 months after the award (upon expiry). This information is needed
to monitor the performance of this special program within NCI,
funded through three Requests for Proposals (RFPs); the first was
released April 18, 2013 and CGH expects to release another in 2014
and the final one in 2015. The respondents are the Principal
Investigators of the awards. The information will be used to
monitor individual award performance and the effectiveness of the
program as a whole. Since these projects are funded through the
contract mechanism, the PIs will not be required to submit interim
and final progress reports like other National Institutes of Health
grantees must.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.