Notice2026-10022
Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Early Career Reviewer Program Online Application and Vetting System (Center for Scientific Review)
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Published
May 19, 2026
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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 Center for Scientific Review (CSR) National Institutes of Health 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 91, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29148-29149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10022]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Early Career
Reviewer Program Online Application and Vetting System (Center for
Scientific Review)
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 Center for Scientific Review (CSR) National
Institutes of Health 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 30-days of the date of
this publication.
ADDRESSES: 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: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, contact: Dr. Hope Cummings, Project Clearance Liaison,
Center for Scientific Review, NIH, Room 907-M, 6701 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892 or call non-toll-free number (301) 402-4706
or Email your request, including your address to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9af2f5eaffb4f9eff7f7f3f4fde9daf4f3f2b4fdf5ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cfa7a0bfaae1acbaa2a2a6a1a8bc8fa1a6a7e1a8a0b9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register on March 5, 2026, pages
10812-10813 (91 FR 10812) and allowed 60 days for public comment. Two
public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow
an additional 30 days for public comment. The Center for Scientific
Review (CSR), National Institutes of Health, may not conduct or
sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an
information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and
approval of the information collection listed below.
Proposed Collection: Early Career Reviewer Program Online
Application and Vetting System--0925-0695, Extension--expiration date
06/30/2026, Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institutes of
Health (NIH).
Need and Use of Information Collection: The Center for Scientific
Review (CSR) is the portal for NIH grant applications and their review
for scientific merit. Our mission is to see that all NIH grant
applications receive fair, independent, expert, and timely reviews--
free from inappropriate influences--so NIH can fund the most promising
research. To accomplish this goal, Scientific Review Officers (SRO)
form study sections consisting of scientists who have the technical and
scientific expertise to evaluate the merit of grant applications. Study
section members are generally scientists who have established
independent research programs as demonstrated by their publications and
their grant award experiences.
The CSR Early Career Reviewer program was developed to identify and
train qualified scientists who are early in their scientific careers
and who have not had prior CSR review experience. The goals of the
program are to expose these early career scientists to the peer review
experience so that they become more competitive as applicants as well
as to enrich the existing pool of NIH reviewers. Currently, the online
application software, the Early Career Reviewer Application and Vetting
System, is accessed online by applicants to the Early Career Reviewer
Program who provide information such as their name, contact
information, a description of their areas of expertise, their study
section preferences, and their professional Curriculum Vitae. This
Information Collection Request (ICR) is to extend the Early Career
Reviewer Application and Vetting System for an additional 3 years. The
ICR also includes an increase in the number of burden hours to
respondents due to a rise in the number of program applications since
the last approval period.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time. The total
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estimated annualized burden hours are 620.
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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Research scientists............................. 1488 1 25/60 620
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Total....................................... 1488 1488 .............. 620
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Dated: May 15, 2026.
Hope M. Cummings,
Project Clearance Liaison, Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2026-10022 Filed 5-18-26; 8:45 am]
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