New Grantee Workshop (NCI)

Request for Approval under the “Conference, Meeting, Workshop, and Poster Session Registration Generic Clearance (OD)”

(OMB#: 0925-0740 Exp Date: 7/31/2022)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: New Grantee Workshop (NCI)

PURPOSE:

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) will host a workshop to brings together new extramural investigators funded by DCCPS who received their first National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grants (R01/R37) in FY 2020 and FY 2021. The primary goals of the workshop are to help build strong and vibrant cancer control research and cancer prevention programs and to help advance new investigators’ careers.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:

Extramural investigators funded by NIH

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check all that apply)

[ X ] Abstract [ ] Application

[ X ] Registration Form [ ] 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.

Name: Mark Alexander

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 - Registration	100	1	5/60	8
Individuals – Abstract	80	1	10/60	13
Totals		180		21

Category of Respondent	Total Burden Hours	Hourly Wage Rate*	Total Burden Cost
Individuals	21	$48.45	$1,017.45
Total			$1,017.45

*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 $4,388.66.

Staff	Grade/Step	Salary**	% of Effort	Fringe (if applicable)	Total Cost to Gov’t
Federal Oversight
Program Director	14/5	$138,866	1%		$1,388.66
Contractor Cost					$3,000.00
Travel					$0
Other Cost					$0
Total					$4,388.66

**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

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 workshop will be advertised to investigators who received their first National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grants (R01/R37) in FY 2020 and FY 2021.

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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