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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 39 / Tuesday, March 2, 2021 / Notices those previous options is available or adequate, to suspend or terminate the award.
II. Methods of Collection Electronic.
III. Data Title: NASA Term and Condition Notification of Harassment Form.
OMB Number:
Type of review: New.
Affected Public: NASA grant recipient institution reporting officials.
Estimated Annual Number of Activities: 20.
Estimated Number of Respondents per Activity: 1.
Annual Responses: 20.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 20.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,000.
IV. Request for Comments Comments are invited on: 1 Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of NASA, including whether the information collected has practical utility; 2 the accuracy of NASAs estimate of the burden including hours and cost of the proposed collection of information; 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 respondents, including automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.
They will also become a matter of public record.
Lori Parker, NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Grantee Reporting Requirements for the Engineering Research Centers National Science Foundation.
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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation NSF is inviting the general public or other Federal
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agencies to comment on this proposed continuing information collection. NSF
will publish periodic summaries of the proposed projects.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by May 3, 2021, to be assured consideration. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable.
Send comments to address below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone 703 292
7556; or send email to splimpto@
nsf.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD may call the Federal Information Relay Service FIRS at 1800877
8339, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year including federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments: Comments are invited on:
a Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Foundation, including whether the information will have practical utility;
b the accuracy of the Foundations estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; c ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and d ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Title of Collection: Grantee Reporting Requirements for the Engineering Research Centers ERCs.
OMB Number: 31450220.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2021.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to renew an information collection.
Abstract:
Proposed Project The Engineering Research Centers ERC program supports an integrated, interdisciplinary research environment to advance fundamental engineering knowledge and engineered systems;
educate a globally competitive and diverse engineering workforce from K
12 on; and join academe and industry in partnership to achieve these goals. ERCs conduct world-class research through partnerships of academic institutions, national laboratories, industrial organizations, and/or other public/
private entities. New knowledge thus created is meaningfully linked to society.

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ERCs conduct world-class research with an engineered systems perspective that integrates materials, devices, processes, components, control algorithms and/or other enabling elements to perform a well-defined function. These systems provide a unique academic research and education experience that involves integrative complexity and technological realization. The complexity of the systems perspective includes the factors associated with its use in industry, society/environment, or the human body.
ERCs enable and foster excellent education, integrate research and education, speed knowledge/technology transfer through partnerships between academe and industry, and prepare a more competitive future workforce.
ERCs capitalize on diversity through participation in center activities and demonstrate leadership in the involvement of groups underrepresented in science and engineering.
Centers are required to submit annual reports on progress and plans, which will be used as a basis for performance review and determining the level of continued funding. To support this review and the management of a Center, ERCs also are required to submit management and performance indicators annually to NSF via a data collection website that is managed by a technical assistance contractor. These indicators are both quantitative and descriptive and may include, for example, the characteristics of center personnel and students; sources of cash and in-kind support; expenditures by operational component; characteristics of industrial and/or other sector participation; research activities;
education activities; knowledge transfer activities; patents, licenses;
publications; degrees granted to students involved in Center activities;
descriptions of significant advances and other outcomes of the ERC effort. Such reporting requirements will be included in the cooperative agreement which is binding between the academic institution and the NSF.
Each Centers annual report will address the following categories of activities: 1 Vision and impact, 2
strategic plan, 3 research program, 4
innovation ecosystem and industrial collaboration, 5 education, 6
infrastructure leadership, management, facilities, diversity and 7 budget issues.
For each of the categories the report will describe overall objectives for the year, progress toward center goals, problems the Center has encountered in
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