Call for Proposals to Support Development of Public Goods for Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science (CCIS)

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for NIH Citizen

Science and Crowdsourcing Projects”

(OMB#: 0925-0766, Expiration Date: 04/30/2023)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Call for Proposals to Support Development of Public Goods for Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science (CCIS)

PURPOSE:

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) will be accepting applications for personal service contracts from individuals who are willing to dedicate time to develop and deliver specific publicly available tools and resources, and expand the reach to individuals at organizations with limited funding in implementation science.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:

Scientists, Researchers, PIs, postdocs and academic

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)

[ ] Data Catalogue [ x ] Repository of Tools and Best Practices

[ ] Recommendations of scientific reviewers [ ] Resources

[ ] Call for Nominations [ ] Other: _____________

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is low burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

4. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

5. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.

Name: Cindy Vinson

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ X ] Yes [ ] No

2. If Yes, is the information that will be collected included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ X ] Yes [] No

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [X] No

Amount: ___________

Explanation for incentive: (include number of visits, etc.)

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS and COSTS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Time per Response (in hours)	Total Burden Hours
Individuals	100	1	10/60	17
Totals		100		17

Category of Respondent	Total Burden Hours	Wage Rate*	Total Burden Cost
Individuals	17	$48.45	$823.65
Total			$823.65

*Source of the mean Hourly Wage Rate is provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupation title “Medical Scientists” 19-1040, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2020/May/oes_nat.htm#19-0000.

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $5,777.32

Staff	Grade/Step	Salary**	% of Effort	Fringe (if applicable)	Total Cost to Gov’t
Federal Oversight
Program Director	14/5	$138,866	2%		$2,777.32
Contractor Cost					$3,000
Travel					$0
Other Cost					$0
Total					$5,777.32

**The salary in the table above is cited from https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/21Tables/html/DCB.aspx

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [X] Yes [ ] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?

This application is being advertised through the Implementation Science listserv.

Administration of the Instrument

How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[X] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Survey Form

[ ] Chart Abstraction

[ ] Other, Explain

Will interviewers, facilitators, or research coordinators be used? [ ] Yes [X] No

Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

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