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OMB Control No: 0925-0782	ICR Reference No: 202401-0925-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: HHS/NIH	Agency Tracking No:
Title: OPEN Workforce Tracker (NINDS)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/21/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/26/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2027	36 Months From Approved
Responses	500	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	167	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Office of Programs to Enhance Neuroscience Workforce Diversity’s (OPEN) mission is to open opportunities and access to enhance the diversity of the neuroscience workforce. OPEN develops and implements specific funding opportunities (individual and institutional) and works across the NINDS, NIH Blueprint, and BRAIN Initiative scientific portfolios to promote inclusion. The scientific workforce landscape has changed in recent years, and individuals are pursuing a variety of career paths after completion of doctoral and/or postdoctoral training (NIH Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report 2012). The OPEN Workforce Tracker (OWT) database will gather and store information on neuroscience trainees who have received NINDS support. This information includes career stage, position, publications, degrees, and information related to NIH funding and external funding received. In addition, protected class identifiers, i.e., race and ethnicity, sexual identification/ gender, and disability, will be collected. These data will be used to assess factors that are shaping career choices and career pathways of diverse neuroscience trainees, and to what extent OPEN programs have supported their decisions. Protected information is necessary to understand whether and to what extent personal characteristics influence professional and career outcomes. The overall goal is to identify opportunities for OPEN to better analyze program outcomes, to build and foster a user-friendly community and to improve its diversity-targeted career development programs, so that they better emphasize key contextual factors and decision points along the trainees’ career trajectories. This database aligns with the NIH-wide strategic plan to advance DEIA through research and support analyses to identify and remove potential barriers to the implementation and expansion of promising and effective DEIA practices, policies, and procedures (Objective 3). In addition, NINDS will be able to better target and outreach information on opportunities participants may be interested in, such as relevant funding and career development opportunities. Overall, the information will be used to shape our diversity programs in order to better serve the dynamic needs of today’s neuroscience workforce.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC Subpart 10 Name of Law: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and stroke

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 75606	11/03/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 2965	01/17/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
OPEN Workforce Tracker	2, 1	,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	500	500
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	167	167
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new ICR.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $195,845

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Mikia Currie 3014350941

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