Notice2025-23774

Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Loan Repayment Programs (LRP), (Office of the Director)

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Published
December 23, 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 NIH 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 244 (Tuesday, December 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60110-60111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23774]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; 60-Day Comment Request; Loan Repayment 
Programs (LRP), (Office of the Director)

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

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 NIH 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: Matthew 
Lockhart, Director, Division of Loan Repayment (DLR), National 
Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge Dr, (MSC 7963), Bethesda, Maryland 
20892-7963 or email your request, including your address to: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f79a9683839f9280d99b98949c9f968583b7999e9fd9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a575b4e4e525f4d1456555951525b484e7a545352145d554c">[email&#160;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)

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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: Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs), 0925-
0361, expiration date 01/31/26, EXTENSION, Office of the Director (OD), 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The NIH makes available 
financial assistance, in the form of educational loan repayment, to 
M.D., Ph.D., Pharm.D., Psy.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.P.M., D.C., 
N.D., O.D., D.V.M, or equivalent doctoral degree holders who perform 
biomedical or behavioral research in NIH intramural laboratories or as 
extramural grantees or scientists funded by domestic non-profit 
organizations for a minimum of two years (three years for the General 
Research subcategory) in research areas supporting the mission and 
priorities of the NIH. The information proposed for collection will be 
used by the DLR to determine an applicant's eligibility for the 
program.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 20,802.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of     Average time
               Type of respondent                    Number of     responses per   per response    Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)     burden hours
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Initial Extramural Applicants...................           1,000               1               8           8,000
Renewal Extramural Applicants...................           1,000               1               8           8,000
Initial Intramural Applicants...................              20               1               8             160
Renewal Intramural Applicants...................              50               1               8             400
Recommenders....................................           8,080               1           30/60           4,040
Institutional Contacts..........................           2,000               1            5/60             167
NIH LRP Coordinators............................              70               1           30/60              35
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    Total.......................................          12,220          12,220  ..............          20,802
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     Dated: December 17, 2025.
Jon Lorsch,
Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-23774 Filed 12-22-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4140-01-P


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