Fast Track Template

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB#: 0925-0648 Exp., date: 06/30/2024)
TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Survey to collect availability from NIH Center
for Scientific Review (CSR) Reviewers on returning to in-person review meetings for fall 2022
PURPOSE: In March 2022 the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) decided to resume inperson review meetings due to the U.S. decline in COVID-19. CSR plans a gradual return to inperson meetings and intends to hold in-person fall review meetings for about 1/3 of its standing
study sections, small business, and fellowship review meetings. CSR is trying to identify the
specific review meetings to hold in-person and needs to ask reviewers if they will be able to
attend in-person fall meetings and if any barriers exist that may prevent them from attending inperson meetings. Many appointed reviewers who regularly attend scheduled review meetings are
unaware of this recent change and may be operating under the assumption that all fall 2022
reviews meetings will be held virtually. The 2-question survey will gather the aforementioned
information and will serve as a tool to help CSR select and plan for the in-person fall review
meetings.
DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Respondents will be approximately 4,500 NIH grant
reviewers who are scheduled to serve on select review meetings during the fall of 2022. Most of
these individuals are research scientists who work at academic universities across the U.S.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)
[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form
[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software
[ ] Focus Group

[X] Customer Satisfaction Survey
[ ] Small Discussion Group
[] 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. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.
5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential
policy decisions.
6. 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:___Hope Cummings_____________________________________________
To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:
Personally Identifiable Information:
1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ ] Yes [X] No
2. If Yes, is the information that will be collected included in records that are subject to the
Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ ] No
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3. If Applicable, has a System or Records Notice been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No
Gifts or Payments:
Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to
participants? [ ] Yes [X] No

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS and COSTS
Category of
Respondent

No. of
Respondents

No. of Responses
per Respondent

Individuals

4,500

1

Totals

Time per
Response
(in hours)
2/60

1

Total
Burden
Hours
150
150

COST TO RESPONDENT
Category of Respondent
Individuals

Total Burden
Hours
150

Hourly Wage Rate*
$38.81

Totals

Total Burden
Cost
$5,821.50
$5,821.50

* The wage rate was obtained from https://www.bls.gov/oes/2021/may/oes_nat.htm#19-0000

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $1,431

Staff
Federal Oversight
Health Scientist
Administrator

Grade/Step

GS – 14/5

Salary*

$143,064

% of
Effort

1%

Fringe (if
Total Cost to
applicable) Gov’t

$1,431

Contractor Cost

N/A

Travel
Other Cost

N/A
N/A

$1,431
Total
*the Salary in table above is cited from https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salarytables/pdf/2022/DCB.pdf

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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 S?
The customer list will consist of individuals who are scheduled to attend select fall 2022 grant
review meetings held by the NIH Center for Scientific Review. These individuals are appointed
grant reviewers who regularly serve on review meetings. The rosters from the review meetings
will be used as the participant list. Most of these individuals are research scientists who work at
academic universities across the U.S.
Administration of the Instrument
1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)
[X] Web-based or other forms of Social Media
[ ] Telephone
[ ] In-person
[ ] Mail
[ ] Other, Explain – online survey
2. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [ X ] No
Please make sure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the
request.

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