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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[NOTICE: 22-071]
Name of Information Collection: Financial Assistance Awards/Grants and Cooperative
Agreements
AGENCY:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

ACTION:

Notice of information collection renewal.

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the public and other Federal agencies
to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections.
DATES: Comments are due by [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION
IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should
be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public
Comments" or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions should be directed to Bill
Edwards-Bodmer, NASA Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, JF0000,
Washington, DC 20546, 757-864-3292 or b.edwards-bodmer@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract: This is a request to renew OMB control number 2700–0092. This collection is
required to ensure proper accounting of Federal funds and property provided under financial
assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) per 2 CFR 200 – Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. 2 CFR 200,
subparts A through F, applies to all NASA award recipients except for for-profit organizations.

Only subparts A through D of 2 CFR 200 apply to for-profit organizations. Reporting and
recordkeeping are prescribed at 2 CFR part 1800 – Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. The requirements in 2 CFR part 1800
are applicable to awards that NASA issues to non-Federal entities, government, for-profit
organization, and foreign organizations as allowed by 2 CFR 200.101, Applicability.
II. Methods of Collection: Grant and cooperative agreement proposals are submitted
electronically through the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation
System (NSPIRES) or Grants.gov. The use of these systems reduces the need for proposers to
submit multiple copies to the agency. Proposers may submit multiple proposals and notices of
intent to different funding announcements without registering in NSPIRES each time.
Basis of Estimate.
Approximately 7000 NASA financial assistance awards are open at any one time. It is estimated
that out of the 9,900 proposals received each year, NASA awards approximately 1,977 new
awards. The period of performance for each financial assistance award is usually three to five
years. Performance reports are filed annually, and historical records indicate that, on average,
1,625 changes to these reports are submitted annually. The total number of respondents is based
on the average number of proposals that are received each year and the average number of active
grants and cooperative agreements that are managed each year. The total number of hours spent
on each task was estimated through historical records and experience of former recipients. Using
past calculations, the total cost was estimated using the average salary (wages and benefits) for a
GS–12 step 5.
III. Data
Title: Financial Assistance Awards/Grants and Cooperative Agreements.
OMB Number: 2700-0092.
Type of review: Renewal of a previously approved information collection.

Affected Public: Non-profits, institutions of higher educations, government, and forprofit entities.
Estimated Annual Number of Activities: 300.
Estimated Number of Respondents per Activity: 36.
Annual Responses: 10,800.
Estimated Time Per Response: 120 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,296,000 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $47,952,000.00.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: 1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of NASA, including whether the information collected has
practical utility; 2) the accuracy of NASA’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of
the proposed collection of information; 3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of
information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval of this information collection. They will also become a matter of public
record.

Lori Parker,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-19587 Filed: 9/9/2022 8:45 am; Publication Date: 9/12/2022]