# Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; National Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Programs, (Office of the Director)
**AGENCY:**
National Institutes of Health, HHS.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information collection listed below.
**DATES:**
Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received by April 23, 2026.
**ADDRESSES:**
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent to *www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.* Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact: Matthew Lockhart, Director, Division of Loan Repayment, National Institutes of Health, 6705 Rockledge Dr, 8th Floor (MSC 7963), Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7963 or email your request, including your address to *[email protected]* or call (240) 380-3062. Formal requests for additional plans and instruments must be requested in writing.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
This proposed information collection was previously published in the *Federal Register* on December 23, 2025, page numbers 60110-60111 (87 FR 60110) and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The NIH may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
*Proposed Collection:* Loan Repayment Programs (LRP), 0925-0361, expiration date 03/31/26, EXTENSION, Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health.
*Need and Use of Information Collection:* The NIH makes available financial assistance, in the form of educational loan repayment, to M.D., Ph.D., Pharm.D., Psy.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.P.M., DC, N.D., O.D., D.V.M, or equivalent doctoral degree holders who perform biomedical or behavioral research in NIH intramural laboratories or as extramural grantees or scientists funded by domestic non-profit organizations for a minimum of two years (three years for the General Research subcategory) in research areas supporting the mission and priorities of the NIH. The information proposed for collection will be used by the DLR to determine an applicant's eligibility for the program.
OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized burden hours are 20,8020.
| Form name | Type of respondent | Number of | Number of | Average | Total annual |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Applicant | Applicants | 2,070 | 1 | 8 | 16,560 |
| Recommender | Recommenders | 8,080 | 1 | 30/60 | 4,040 |
| Institutional Business Officer | Institutional Business Officer | 2,000 | 1 | 5/60 | 167 |
| NIH LRP Coordinator | NIH LRP Coordinator | 70 | 1 | 30/60 | 35 |
| Total | | 12,220 | 12,220 | | 20,802 |
Dated: March 20, 2026.
Jon Lorsch,
Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health.