CDC Seeks Comments on Updating Fellowship Management Forms
Published Date: 3/9/2026
Notice
Summary
The CDC is updating its Fellowship Management System forms and wants your feedback! If you’re involved with these forms, now’s the time to share your thoughts on how to make them easier and better. You’ve got 30 days to comment, so don’t miss out—this could save time and money for everyone involved.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Fellowship Applicant Time Increase
If you are a nonfederal fellowship applicant, CDC estimates the average time to complete an FMS application increased from 87 minutes to 163 minutes per response. CDC also reduced its projected annual number of applicants from 5,286 to 2,500.
Host Site Staff Time Jump
If you are staff at a public health host site, CDC estimates the average time to complete a host site application increased from 75 minutes to 461 minutes per response, while the projected annual number of host site responses decreased from 970 to 560.
Activity Tracking Narrowed, Retained Selectively
CDC will discontinue activity tracking for the majority of fellowship programs but will retain activity tracking only for the EIS and LLS fellowship programs. The estimated number of activity-tracking respondents drops from 555 to 100, with those respondents reporting twice per year.
Alumni Directory Deactivation
CDC proposes to deactivate the FMS Alumni Directory module, so fellowship alumni will no longer be asked to provide information through that module in this revision.
Overall Annual Burden Reduced
CDC reports the total estimated annual burden hours for the Fellowship Management System decrease from 13,477 hours to 12,555 hours under this revision. OMB approval is requested for three years for OMB Control No. 0920-0765.
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