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OMB Control No: 3145-0263	ICR Reference No: 202609-3145-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202404-3145-003
Agency/Subagency: NSF	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program Reporting Requirements
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 09/09/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2026
Responses	3,120	4,080
Time Burden (Hours)	6,132	5,150
Cost Burden (Dollars)	203,773	159,616

Abstract: The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Division of Graduate Education (DGE) in the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) administers the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program. The NRT program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The NRT program seeks to ensure that graduate students in research-based master's and doctoral degree programs develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. NRT is dedicated to providing effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas through the use of a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. The NRT program also focuses on broadening participation in STEM learning and careers, particularly among those individuals traditionally underrepresented and underemployed in the STEM workforce, including but not limited to, women, persons with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities. Currently, NRT awardees provide NSF with information on their activities through periodic research performance progress reports (RPPR). The introduction of the annual and final reports based on the RPPR format has improved the submission of project information but does not address the fact that the NRT program requires (for program management and assessment/evaluative purposes) additional (and more finely grained) information beyond that requested/specified in the RPPR format. Without these data, NSF will be unable to document the implementation of NRT project activities and outcomes. NSF will also be unable to provide satisfactory responses to requests from OSTP and Congress that require demographic data that are not currently collected.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 1862 et seq. Name of Law: The National Science Foundation Acte of 1950

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:
	91 FR 4113	01/30/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 57390	09/09/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	3,120	4,080	-960
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6,132	5,150	982
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	203,773	159,616	44,157

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The increase in burden hours reflects an increase in the number of respondents to the survey. In the previous request, the program estimated ~120 awards per year. Respondent numbers have been increased to align with the current active NRT award volume of ~130 awards per year. The decrease in burden time is due to better accounting.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $875,409

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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. Yes

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: Suzanne Plimpton

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