NIGMS CRCB Supplement fast track

Request for Approval under the “Generic Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback” (OMB#: 0925-0648 Exp., date: 03/2018)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Outcomes of IDeA Core Optimization Administrative Supplements

PURPOSE: To collect information on the outcomes of administrative supplements awarded by NIGMS (via the Center for Research Capacity Building) to optimize research core facilities in Institutional Development Award (IDeA) states.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS: Current NIH/NIGMS grantees of IDeA COBRE, INBRE, and IDeA-CTR awards that have received administrative supplements to optimize IDeA core facilities.

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check one)

[ ] Customer Comment Card/Complaint Form [ ] Customer Satisfaction Survey

[ ] Usability Testing (e.g., Website or Software [ ] Small Discussion Group

[ ] Focus Group [X ] Other:

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is low-burden for respondents and low-cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

4. The results are not intended to be disseminated to the public.

5. Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions.

6. The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the future.

Name: Rashada Alexander

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ ] Yes [X] No

2. If Yes, is the information that will be collected included in records that are subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ ] Yes [ ] No

3. If Applicable, has a System or Records Notice been published? [ ] Yes [ ] No

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [X] No

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS and COSTS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Time per Response (in hours)	Total Burden Hours
Individuals	34	1	1	34
Totals	34	34		34

Category of Respondent	Total Burden Hours	Hourly Wage Rate*	Total Burden Cost
Individuals	34	$32.141	$1092.76
Totals	34	$32.14	$1092.76

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/naics4_611300.htm#00-0000

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $46.45.

Staff	Grade/Step	Salary	% of Effort	Fringe (if applicable)	Total Cost to Gov’t
Federal Oversight
Program Director	GS-14	$123,223	0.048%		$46.45
Contractor Cost					N/A
Travel					N/A
Other Cost					N/A
Total					$46.45

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

1. Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [X] Yes [ ] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan)? If the answer is no, please provide a description of how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them?

We will send the survey to the 34 individuals that have been awarded IDeA Core Optimization administrative supplements.

Administration of the Instrument

1. How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[X] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Other, Explain

2. Will interviewers or facilitators be used? [ ] Yes [X] No

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