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Information Collection Request

Sea Grant Program Application Requirements for Grants, for Sea Grant Fellowships, including the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships, and for Designation as a Sea Grant College or Sea Grant I

ICR 202101-0648-004 · OMB 0648-0362 · Received in OIRA

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Supplementary Document
2021-02-01
Supplementary Document
2021-01-27
Supporting Statement A
2021-01-27
IC Document Collections
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ICR Details
0648-0362 202101-0648-004
Received in OIRA 201712-0648-006
DOC/NOAA
Sea Grant Program Application Requirements for Grants, for Sea Grant Fellowships, including the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships, and for Designation as a Sea Grant College or Sea Grant I
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 02/02/2021
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 02/28/2021
2,007 2,091
783 879
0 998
This is a request for revision and extension of a currently approved information collection. Applications are required for the designation of a public or private institution of higher education, institute, laboratory, or State or local agency as a Sea Grant college or Sea Grant institution. Applications are also required in order to be awarded a Sea Grant Fellowship, including the Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships. Grant monies are available for funding activities that help attain the objectives of the Sea Grant Program. In addition to the SF-424 and other standard grant application requirements, up to three additional forms are required with a grant application. These are the 90-1 Sea Grant Control Form, used to identify the organizations and personnel who would be involved in the grant; the 90-2 Project Summary Form, which collects summary data on projects; and the 90-4 Sea Grant Budget Form, which provides more budget detail than the SF-424A. This request is for extension of the collection and a minor revision of the 90-2 Project Summary Form. The NOAA Form 90–2 is currently collected using an Excel spreadsheet (100% of use cases). The NSGO intends to migrate the Excel spreadsheet to an online webform that is hosted on Sea Grant’s Planning, Implementation and Evaluation Resource (PIER) database. The online webform would provide an additional and alternative method of information collection, but not eliminate the option for an Excel-based collection. During implementation (testing Q2/3-FY21; rollout Q4-FY21), the webform will likely require cosmetic modifications on the form structure, but no additional data fields will be added. Such modifications will be driven by software requirements and improvements to information management and the user interface. This revision would enable synchronization of existing PIER data, so that time of user entry and data quality control is minimized. Both the excel and web versions of the form have slightly updated data fields, however, these updates do not alter the burden. Specifically, “Administrative Priorities” has been added to better track a subset of previous “Classifications”, a “Regional” selection has been added, instead of appearing in a multi-select field (“Multiple Program”), and “Readiness Level” has been eliminated, as the NSGO is better suited to identify this information rather than an applicant. The webform holds one other noticeable difference that cannot be easily replicated on an excel spreadsheet. This is resolution of Partner/Affiliation organizations, which replicates the analog of “Organization”, “Department”, and “Division” that is available for collection in the RESEARCH & RELATED Senior/Key Person Profile Form (OMB 4040-0001). This is being applied for data quality assurance and control and also enables an improved look-up functionality with existing database records.
US Code: 33 USC 1121 - 1131 Name of Law: Sea Grant Colleges and Marine Science Development
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  85 FR 68309 10/28/2020
86 FR 7713 02/01/2021
No
  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 2,007 2,091 0 0 -84 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 783 879 0 0 -96 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 998 0 0 -998 0
No
No
There is a change in burden calculation due to an increase in respondents and a refinement in calculation as PRA guidance has been updated since the last submission. In 2017, Sea Grant did not consider how their biennial grant processes influenced the Total # of Annual Responses over a 3 year period for Sea Grant Institutions. The current range in annual responses has resulted in a slight refinement from previous calculations. Burden costs have been eliminated due to the electronic submission of all information.
$105,000
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
No
Doug Bell 301 734-1080 doug.bell@noaa.gov
  No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
02/02/2021