Notice2025-18529
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request NIH Special Volunteer and Guest Researcher Assignment (Office of Intramural Research, Office of the Director)
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Published
September 25, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentNational Institutes of Health
Abstract
In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Intramural Research (OIR), Office of the Director (OD) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 184 (Thursday, September 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 46230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18529]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request NIH Special Volunteer
and Guest Researcher Assignment (Office of Intramural Research, Office
of the Director)
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 to provide opportunity for public comment on proposed data
collection projects, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of
Intramural Research (OIR), Office of the Director (OD) will publish
periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
DATES: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured
of having their full effect if received within 60 days of the date of
this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data
collection plans and instruments, submit comments in writing, or
request more information on the proposed project, contact: Dr. Arlyn
Garcia-Perez, Director of Policy and Analysis, Office of Intramural
Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, 1
Center Drive MSC 0140, Building 1, Room 160, MSC-0140, Bethesda,
Maryland, 20892 or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-1921 or (301)
496-1381 or Email your request, including your address to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d097b1a2b3b9b19190bfb4febeb9b8feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7b3c1a0918121a3a3b141f55151213551c140d">[email protected]</span></a>. Formal requests for additional plans and
instruments must be requested in writing.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 requires: written comments and/or suggestions
from the public and affected agencies are invited to address one or
more of the following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Proposed Collection Title: Extension of NIH Form 590, NIH Form 590-
1 and NIH Form 590-2, OMB #0925-0177, exp. date March 31, 2026, Office
of Intramural Research (OIR), Office of the Director (OD), National
Institutes of Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection: Special Volunteers and
Guest Researchers both fill the main collection instrument, NIH Form
590. Form NIH-590 is a single form completed by an NIH official for
each Guest Researcher or Special Volunteer prior to his/her arrival at
NIH. The information on the form is necessary for the approving
official to reach a decision on whether to allow a Guest Researcher to
use NIH facilities or whether to accept volunteer services offered by a
Special Volunteer. If the original assignment is extended, another form
notating the extension is completed to update the file. In addition to
NIH Form 590, Guest Researchers fill a separate Guest Researcher
Agreement, NIH Form 590-1, and Special Volunteers fill a separate
Special Volunteer Agreement, NIH Form 590-2. These additional forms are
the legal instruments for the Guest Researcher or Special Volunteer to
acknowledge and agree to the conditions and responsibilities of their
assignment at NIH. No revisions are proposed for any of the three forms
currently.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 652.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Type of Number of responses per per response Total annual
respondents respondents respondent (in hours) burden hours
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Special Volunteer and Guest Special 2,300 2 6/60 460
Researcher Assignment. Volunteers and
Guest
researchers.
NIH Special Volunteer Special 2,100 1 5/60 175
Agreement. Volunteers.
NIH Guest Researcher Agreement Guest 200 1 5/60 17
Researchers.
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Totals.................... ................ 2,300 6,900 .............. 652
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Dated: September 19, 2025.
Matthew J. Memoli,
Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-18529 Filed 9-24-25; 8:45 am]
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