Notice2023-16401
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
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Published
August 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
National Science Foundation
Abstract
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following request for revision of the approved collection of research and development data in accordance with 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 renewal 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 88, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50916-50917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16401]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Survey
of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
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 request for revision of the approved collection of research
and development data in accordance with 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 renewal 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#a0d3d0ccc9cdd0d4cfe0ced3c68ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="245754484d4954504b644a57420a434b52">[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-
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8339, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a
year (including federal holidays).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
Title of Collection: Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates
in Science and Engineering.
OMB Control Number: 3145-0062.
Expiration Date of Current Approval: August 31, 2023.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to extend an information
collection for three years.
The Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and
Engineering (GSS), sponsored by the NCSES within NSF and the National
Institutes of Health, is designed to comply with legislative mandates
by providing information on the characteristics of academic graduate
enrollments in science, engineering, and health fields. This request to
extend the information collection for three years is to cover the 2023,
2024, and 2025 GSS survey cycles. The information collected by the GSS
is solicited under the authority of the National Science Foundation Act
of 1950, as amended and the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of
2010. Data collection starts each fall in October and data are obtained
primarily through a Web survey. Data are disseminated annually. All
information will be used for statistical purposes only. Participation
in the survey is voluntary.
To improve coverage of postdocs, the GSS periodically collects
information on postdocs employed in Federally Funded Research and
Development Centers (FFRDCs). This survey of postdocs at FFRDCs will be
conducted as part of the 2023 and 2025 GSS survey cycles.
Additional details regarding this survey are provided in an earlier
Federal Register Notice, at 88 FR 10386.
Use of the Information: The GSS data are routinely provided to
Congress, other parts of NSF, other Federal agencies, the GSS
institutions themselves, and several professional societies. In
addition, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) publish GSS data
annually in the NIH Data Book <a href="https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/">https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/</a>.
Expected Respondents: The GSS is an annual census of all eligible
academic institutions in the U.S. with graduate programs in science,
engineering, and health fields. The response rate is calculated based
on the number of reporting units (departments, programs, research
centers, and health care facilities) that respond to the survey. For
reference, in 2021, the GSS population was 21,365 units reported from
787 schools at 699 academic institutions. Based on recent cycles NCSES
expects the annual response rate to be around 96 percent.
Estimate of Burden: The total estimated respondent burden of the
GSS, including 2,000 hours for potential methodological studies to
improve the survey procedures, will be 60,367 hours over the three-
cycle survey clearance period. NCSES may review and revise this burden
estimate based on completion time data collected during the 2022 GSS
survey cycle, which is ongoing.
Table 1--GSS Estimated Response Burden
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Respondents
(number of Total burden
Category school (hours)
coordinators)
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Total burden for 2023: 919 19,442
GSS institutions.................... 876 19,352
FFRDCs.............................. 43 90
Total burden for 2024................... 881 19,396
Total burden for 2025: 929 19,529
GSS institutions.................... 886 19,439
FFRDCs.............................. 43 90
Potential future methodological studies .............. 2,000
(across all 3 survey cycles)...........
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Total estimated burden.............. 2,729 60,367
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Estimated average annual burden......... 910 20,123
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Comments: As required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d), comments on the
information collection activities as part of this study were solicited
through publication of a 60-Day Notice in the Federal Register on
February 17, 2023, at 88 FR 10386. NCSES received no comments.
Dated: July 27, 2023.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2023-16401 Filed 8-1-23; 8:45 am]
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