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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Intent To Renew a Current
Information Collection
National Science Foundation.
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comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans
to request renewal of the Survey of
Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in
Science and Engineering (OMB Control
Number 3145–0062). In accordance with
the requirement of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, NSF is providing
opportunity for public comment on this
action. After obtaining and considering
public comments, NSF will prepare the
submission requesting that OMB
approve clearance of this collection for
three years.
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must be received by June 26, 2017 to be
assured consideration. Comments
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Send comments to the address below.
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4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1265,
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(703) 292–7556; or send email to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use
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Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
NSF, including whether the information
will have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the NSF’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, use, 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, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Title of Collection: Survey of Graduate
Students and Postdoctorates in Science
and Engineering.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0062.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2017.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to renew an information
collection for three years.
SUMMARY:
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Abstract: Established within the NSF
by the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010 § 505,
codified in the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended,
the National Center for Science and
Engineering Statistics (NCSES) serves as
a central Federal clearinghouse for the
collection, interpretation, analysis, and
dissemination of objective data on
science, engineering, technology, and
research and development for use by
practitioners, researchers, policymakers,
and the public.
The Survey of Graduate Students and
Postdoctorates in Science and
Engineering (GSS), sponsored by the
NCSES within the NSF and the National
Institutes of Health, is designed to
comply with legislative mandates by
providing information on the
characteristics of academic graduate
components in science, engineering and
health fields. The GSS, which originated
in 1966 and has been conducted
annually since 1972, is a census of all
departments in science, engineering and
health (SEH) fields within academic
institutions with graduate programs in
the United States. The GSS data are
solicited under the authority of the
National Science Foundation Act of
1950, as amended. Data collection starts
each fall in October and data are
obtained primarily through a Web
survey. All information will be used for
statistical purposes only. Participation
in the survey is voluntary.
The total number of respondents
surveyed in the 2017 survey is
estimated to be 15,970 departments
(reporting units) located in about 700
SEH graduate degree-granting
institutions. The GSS is the only
national survey that collects information
on the characteristics of graduate
enrollment and postdoctoral appointees
(postdocs) for specific SEH disciplines
at the department level. It collects
information on:
(1) Graduate students’ ethnicity and
race, citizenship, gender, source of
support, mechanisms of support, and
enrollment status;
(2) Postdocs’ ethnicity and race,
citizenship, gender, source of support,
mechanism of support, type of doctoral
degree, and degree origin (U.S. or
foreign); and
(3) Other doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers’ gender and type of
doctoral degree.
To improve coverage of postdocs, the
GSS periodically collects information
on postdocs employed in Federally
Funded Research and Development
Centers (FFRDCs) by ethnicity and race,
gender, citizenship, source and
mechanism of support, and field of
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research. This survey of postdocs at
FFRDCs will be conducted as part of the
2018 cycle of GSS.
Starting in 2017, the GSS will be
redesigned to improve the data utility,
data reporting, and to reduce response
burden. The redesign changes to be
implemented include: (1) Separate
reporting of enrollment and financial
support data for master’s and doctoral
students; (2) reporting of data based on
the Classification of Instructional
Programs (CIP) codes for the
departments; and (3) expanding the
institutional use of a file upload option
for data submission, instead of the
manual entry of data in the GSS Web
survey instrument.
The initial GSS data request is sent to
the designated respondent (School
Coordinator) at each academic
institution in the fall. The School
Coordinator may upload a file with the
requested data on the GSS Web site,
which will automatically aggregate the
data and populate the cells of the Web
survey instrument for each reporting
unit (departments, programs, research
centers, and health care facilities). The
School Coordinator will be also able to
upload partial data (e.g., student
enrollment information) and delegate
the provision of other data (e.g.,
financial support information) to
appropriate reporting units at their
institution. Institutions which do not
want to upload data files will be able to
complete the survey through manual
entry of data in the Web survey
instrument as in the past.
Use of the Information: The GSS data
are routinely provided to Congress and
other Federal agencies. The GSS
institutions themselves are major users
of the GSS data. Professional societies
such as the American Association of
Universities, the Association of
American Medical Colleges, and the
Carnegie Foundation are also major
users. Graduate enrollment and postdoc
data are often used in reports by the
national media. The GSS (along with
other academic sector surveys from both
NCSES and the National Center of
Education Statistics) is one of the inputs
into the NCSES data system, which
provides access to science and
engineering statistical data from U.S.
academic institutions. Among other
uses, this online data system is used by
NSF to review changing enrollment
levels to assess the effects of NSF
initiatives, to track graduate student
support patterns, and to analyze
participation in science and engineering
fields by targeted groups for all
disciplines or for selected disciplines
and for selected groups of institutions.
In addition to the availability of the GSS
data in an online data system, a GSS
public use file is also made available for
download through the NCSES Web site.
The NCSES will publish statistics
from the survey in several reports,
including the National Science Board’s
Science and Engineering Indicators and
NCSES’ Women, Minorities, and
Persons with Disabilities in Science and
Engineering. These reports are made
available electronically on the NCSES
Web site.
Expected Respondents: The GSS is an
annual census of all eligible academic
institutions in the U.S. with graduate
programs in science, engineering and
health fields. The response rate is
calculated based on the number of
departments that respond to the survey.
The NCSES expects the annual response
rate to be around 99 percent.
Estimate of Burden: The amount of
time it takes to complete the GSS data
varies dramatically among institutions,
and depends to a large degree on the
extent to which the school’s records are
centrally stored and computerized. It
also depends on the number of
institutions using manual data entry or
the file upload option to provide the
GSS data. A pilot version of the data
collection is currently being fielded
during the 2016 GSS to test the
feasibility of the file upload option as
part of the GSS redesign. Based on
preliminary results, NCSES expects that
majority of the GSS institutions,
including those with large number of
units, will use the file upload option.
The response burden may be slightly
higher in the first year of the redesign
implementation due to the changes
required at the institution, but the
burden is likely to decline substantially
after the first year.
The 2015 GSS asked the unit
respondents to provide an estimate of
time spent in providing the GSS data.
The average burden for completing the
GSS was 2.5 hours per reporting unit,
which includes providing unit listing
and aggregate counts for each unit. The
NCSES estimates the average burden of
2.75 hours per reporting unit in 2017,
which would be the first year of the GSS
redesign implementation. For 2018 and
2019, the average burden is estimated to
be 2.25 hours per reporting unit. The
number of units in the subsequent
survey cycle will include the units in
the previous year plus an approximately
2.5 percent increase in units. The
estimated burden for 2017 GSS is 43,923
hours from 15,972 units; for 2018 GSS
is 36,835 hours from 16,371 units; and
for 2019 GSS is 37,755 hours from
16,780 units. Since the FFRDC postdoc
data collection will take place in 2018,
the estimated burden for that year will
increase by 159 hours from 43 FFRDCs
(based on 100 percent response rate in
2015 survey with the average burden of
3.7 hour per FFRDC) to a total of 36,994
hours (see table 1).
TABLE 1—GSS ESTIMATED RESPONSE BURDEN
Respondents
(Number of
units)
Total burden for 2017 ..............................................................................................................................................
Total burden for 2018 ..............................................................................................................................................
GSS institutions ................................................................................................................................................
FFRDCs ............................................................................................................................................................
Total burden for 2019 ..............................................................................................................................................
Future methodological studies (across all 3 years) ................................................................................................
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15,972
16,414
16,371
43
16,780
........................
43,923
36,994
36,835
159
37,755
800
Total estimated burden .....................................................................................................................................
49,166
119,472
Estimated average annual burden ............................................................................................................
16,389
39,824
The total estimated respondent
burden of the GSS, including 800 hours
for the methodological studies to
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119,472 hours over the three-cycle
survey clearance period. NCSES may
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(hours)
review and revise this burden estimate
based on completion time data collected
during the 2016 GSS, which is ongoing.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Intent To Renew a Current Information Collection
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to
request renewal of the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates
in Science and Engineering (OMB Control Number 3145-0062). In
accordance with the requirement of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
NSF is providing opportunity for public comment on this action. After
obtaining and considering public comments, NSF will prepare the
submission requesting that OMB approve clearance of this collection for
three years.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by June 26,
2017 to be assured consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable. Send comments to the
address below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports
Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Suite 1265, Arlington, Virginia 22230; 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 1-800-877-8339, 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 NSF, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the NSF's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, use, 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, mechanical,
or other technological collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Title of Collection: Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates
in Science and Engineering.
OMB Approval Number: 3145-0062.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2017.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to renew an information
collection for three years.
Abstract: Established within the NSF by the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010 Sec. 505, codified in the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, the National Center for Science and
Engineering Statistics (NCSES) serves as a central Federal
clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, analysis, and
dissemination of objective data on science, engineering, technology,
and research and development for use by practitioners, researchers,
policymakers, and the public.
The Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and
Engineering (GSS), sponsored by the NCSES within the NSF and the
National Institutes of Health, is designed to comply with legislative
mandates by providing information on the characteristics of academic
graduate components in science, engineering and health fields. The GSS,
which originated in 1966 and has been conducted annually since 1972, is
a census of all departments in science, engineering and health (SEH)
fields within academic institutions with graduate programs in the
United States. The GSS data are solicited under the authority of the
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended. Data collection
starts each fall in October and data are obtained primarily through a
Web survey. All information will be used for statistical purposes only.
Participation in the survey is voluntary.
The total number of respondents surveyed in the 2017 survey is
estimated to be 15,970 departments (reporting units) located in about
700 SEH graduate degree-granting institutions. The GSS is the only
national survey that collects information on the characteristics of
graduate enrollment and postdoctoral appointees (postdocs) for specific
SEH disciplines at the department level. It collects information on:
(1) Graduate students' ethnicity and race, citizenship, gender,
source of support, mechanisms of support, and enrollment status;
(2) Postdocs' ethnicity and race, citizenship, gender, source of
support, mechanism of support, type of doctoral degree, and degree
origin (U.S. or foreign); and
(3) Other doctorate-holding non-faculty researchers' gender and
type of doctoral degree.
To improve coverage of postdocs, the GSS periodically collects
information on postdocs employed in Federally Funded Research and
Development Centers (FFRDCs) by ethnicity and race, gender,
citizenship, source and mechanism of support, and field of
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research. This survey of postdocs at FFRDCs will be conducted as part
of the 2018 cycle of GSS.
Starting in 2017, the GSS will be redesigned to improve the data
utility, data reporting, and to reduce response burden. The redesign
changes to be implemented include: (1) Separate reporting of enrollment
and financial support data for master's and doctoral students; (2)
reporting of data based on the Classification of Instructional Programs
(CIP) codes for the departments; and (3) expanding the institutional
use of a file upload option for data submission, instead of the manual
entry of data in the GSS Web survey instrument.
The initial GSS data request is sent to the designated respondent
(School Coordinator) at each academic institution in the fall. The
School Coordinator may upload a file with the requested data on the GSS
Web site, which will automatically aggregate the data and populate the
cells of the Web survey instrument for each reporting unit
(departments, programs, research centers, and health care facilities).
The School Coordinator will be also able to upload partial data (e.g.,
student enrollment information) and delegate the provision of other
data (e.g., financial support information) to appropriate reporting
units at their institution. Institutions which do not want to upload
data files will be able to complete the survey through manual entry of
data in the Web survey instrument as in the past.
Use of the Information: The GSS data are routinely provided to
Congress and other Federal agencies. The GSS institutions themselves
are major users of the GSS data. Professional societies such as the
American Association of Universities, the Association of American
Medical Colleges, and the Carnegie Foundation are also major users.
Graduate enrollment and postdoc data are often used in reports by the
national media. The GSS (along with other academic sector surveys from
both NCSES and the National Center of Education Statistics) is one of
the inputs into the NCSES data system, which provides access to science
and engineering statistical data from U.S. academic institutions. Among
other uses, this online data system is used by NSF to review changing
enrollment levels to assess the effects of NSF initiatives, to track
graduate student support patterns, and to analyze participation in
science and engineering fields by targeted groups for all disciplines
or for selected disciplines and for selected groups of institutions. In
addition to the availability of the GSS data in an online data system,
a GSS public use file is also made available for download through the
NCSES Web site.
The NCSES will publish statistics from the survey in several
reports, including the National Science Board's Science and Engineering
Indicators and NCSES' Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities
in Science and Engineering. These reports are made available
electronically on the NCSES Web site.
Expected Respondents: The GSS is an annual census of all eligible
academic institutions in the U.S. with graduate programs in science,
engineering and health fields. The response rate is calculated based on
the number of departments that respond to the survey. The NCSES expects
the annual response rate to be around 99 percent.
Estimate of Burden: The amount of time it takes to complete the GSS
data varies dramatically among institutions, and depends to a large
degree on the extent to which the school's records are centrally stored
and computerized. It also depends on the number of institutions using
manual data entry or the file upload option to provide the GSS data. A
pilot version of the data collection is currently being fielded during
the 2016 GSS to test the feasibility of the file upload option as part
of the GSS redesign. Based on preliminary results, NCSES expects that
majority of the GSS institutions, including those with large number of
units, will use the file upload option. The response burden may be
slightly higher in the first year of the redesign implementation due to
the changes required at the institution, but the burden is likely to
decline substantially after the first year.
The 2015 GSS asked the unit respondents to provide an estimate of
time spent in providing the GSS data. The average burden for completing
the GSS was 2.5 hours per reporting unit, which includes providing unit
listing and aggregate counts for each unit. The NCSES estimates the
average burden of 2.75 hours per reporting unit in 2017, which would be
the first year of the GSS redesign implementation. For 2018 and 2019,
the average burden is estimated to be 2.25 hours per reporting unit.
The number of units in the subsequent survey cycle will include the
units in the previous year plus an approximately 2.5 percent increase
in units. The estimated burden for 2017 GSS is 43,923 hours from 15,972
units; for 2018 GSS is 36,835 hours from 16,371 units; and for 2019 GSS
is 37,755 hours from 16,780 units. Since the FFRDC postdoc data
collection will take place in 2018, the estimated burden for that year
will increase by 159 hours from 43 FFRDCs (based on 100 percent
response rate in 2015 survey with the average burden of 3.7 hour per
FFRDC) to a total of 36,994 hours (see table 1).
Table 1--GSS Estimated Response Burden
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Respondents
Category (Number of Total burden
units) (hours)
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Total burden for 2017................... 15,972 43,923
Total burden for 2018................... 16,414 36,994
GSS institutions.................... 16,371 36,835
FFRDCs.............................. 43 159
Total burden for 2019................... 16,780 37,755
Future methodological studies (across .............. 800
all 3 years)...........................
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Total estimated burden.............. 49,166 119,472
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Estimated average annual burden. 16,389 39,824
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The total estimated respondent burden of the GSS, including 800
hours for the methodological studies to improve the survey procedures,
will be 119,472 hours over the three-cycle survey clearance period.
NCSES may review and revise this burden estimate based on completion
time data collected during the 2016 GSS, which is ongoing.
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Dated: April 21, 2017.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2017-08427 Filed 4-25-17; 8:45 am]
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