Notice2022-16172
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
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Published
July 28, 2022
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National Science Foundation
Abstract
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal Register, and no comments were received. NSF is forwarding the proposed submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance simultaneously with the publication of this second notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45366-45368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16172]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This is the second
notice for public comment; the first was published in the Federal
Register, and no comments were received. NSF is forwarding the proposed
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance
simultaneously with the publication of this second notice.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAmain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAmain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
Alexandria, VA 22314, or send email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b787b6762667b7f644b65786d256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb989b8782869b9f84ab85988dc58c849d">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, which is
accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year (including
federal holidays).
Copies of the submission may be obtained by calling 703-292-7556.
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless
the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control
number, and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such persons are not required to
respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Comments: Comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for program planning,
management, evaluation, and audit purposes, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of NSF's
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Title of Collection: Education and Human Resources Program
Monitoring Data Collections.
OMB Approval Number: 3145-0226.
Type of Request: Intent to seek renewal, with change, of an
information collection.
Abstract: The National Science Foundation (NSF) requests re-
clearance of program data collections that describe and track outcomes
associated with NSF funding that focuses on the Nation's science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and STEM
workforce. NSF funds grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to
colleges, universities, and other eligible institutions, and provides
graduate research fellowships to individuals in all parts of the United
States and internationally.
The Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), a unit
within NSF, promotes rigor and vitality within the Nation's STEM
education enterprise to further the development of the 21st century's
STEM workforce and public scientific literacy. EHR does this through
diverse projects and programs that support research, extension,
outreach, and hands-on activities that service STEM learning and
research at all institutional (e.g., pre-school through postdoctoral)
levels in formal and informal settings; and individuals of all ages
(birth and beyond). EHR also focuses on broadening participation in
STEM learning and careers among United States citizens, permanent
residents, and nationals, particularly those individuals traditionally
underemployed in the STEM research workforce, including but not limited
to women, persons with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities.
The scope of this information collection request will primarily
cover descriptive information gathered from education and training
(E&T) projects that are funded by NSF. NSF will primarily use the data
from this collection for program planning, management, and audit
purposes to respond to queries from the Congress, the public, NSF's
external merit reviewers who serve as advisors, including Committees of
Visitors (COVs), the NSF's Office of the Inspector General, and as a
basis for either internal or third-party evaluations of individual
programs.
The collections will generally include three categories of
descriptive data: (1) Staff and project participants (data that are
also necessary to determine individual-level treatment and control
groups for future third-party study or for internal evaluation); (2)
project implementation characteristics (also necessary for future use
to identify well-matched comparison groups); and (3) project outputs
(necessary to measure baseline for pre- and post- NSF-funding-level
impacts).
Use of the Information: This information is required for effective
administration, communication, program and project monitoring and
evaluation, and for measuring attainment of NSF's program, project, and
strategic goals, and as identified by the President's Accountability in
Government Initiative; GPRA, and the NSF's Strategic Plan. The
Foundation's FY 2014-2018 Strategic Plan may be found at: <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14043/nsf14043.pdf">http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14043/nsf14043.pdf</a>
Since this collection will primarily be used for accountability and
evaluation purposes, including responding to queries from COVs and
other scientific experts, a census rather than sampling design
typically is necessary. At the individual project level funding can be
adjusted based on individual project's responses to some of the
surveys. Some data collected under this collection will serve as
baseline data for separate research and evaluation studies.
NSF-funded contract or grantee researchers and internal or external
evaluators in part may identify control, comparison, or treatment
groups for NSF's E&T portfolio using some of the descriptive data
gathered through this collection to conduct well-designed, rigorous
research and portfolio evaluation studies.
Respondents: Individuals or households, not-for-profit
institutions, business or other for profit, and Federal, State, local
or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 1,893.
Burden on the Public: NSF estimates that a total reporting and
recordkeeping burden of 29,856 hours will result from activities to
monitor EHR STEM education programs. The calculation is shown in Table
1.
Table 1: Anticipated programs that will collect data on project
progress and outcomes along with the number of respondents and burden
hours per collection per year.
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Number of Number of Annual hour
Collection title respondents responses burden
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Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) 46 46 147
and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Research
Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE)
Monitoring System..............................................
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) 643 643 10,288
Monitoring System..............................................
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Bridge to the 53 53 530
Doctorate (LSAMP-BD) Monitoring System.........................
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce) Monitoring 511 511 4,599
System.........................................................
Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and 640 * 1,280 2240
Mathematics (S-STEM) Monitoring System.........................
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Total....................................................... 1,893 2,533 19,133
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* Two responses annually.
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Dated: July 25, 2022.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2022-16172 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]
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