[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR290.4]

[Page 434]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 290--REGIONAL CENTERS FOR THE TRANSFER OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 290.4  Terms and schedule of financial assistance.

    (a) NIST may provide financial support to any Center for a period 
not to exceed six years, subject to the availability of funding and 
continued satisfactory performance. Awards under this program shall be 
subject to all Federal and Departmental regulations, policies, and 
procedures applicable to Federal assistance awards. NIST may not provide 
more than 50 percent of the capital and annual operating and maintenance 
required to create and maintain such Center. Allowable capital costs may 
be treated as an expense in the year expended or obligated.
    (b) NIST contribution. The funds provided by NIST may be used for 
capital and operating and maintenance expenses. Each Center will operate 
on one-year, annually renewable cooperative agreements, contingent upon 
successful completion of informal annual reviews. Funding can not be 
provided after the sixth year of support. A formal review of each Center 
will be conducted during its third year of operation by an independent 
Merit Review Panel in accordance with Sec. 290.8 of these procedures. 
Centers will be required to demonstrate that they will be self-
sufficient by the end of six years of operation. The amount of NIST 
investment in each Center will depend upon the particular requirements, 
plans, and performance of the Center, as well as the availability of 
NIST funds. NIST may support the budget of each Center on a matching-
funds basis not to exceed the Schedule of Financial Assistance outlined 
in Table 1. The remaining portion of the Center's funding shall be 
provided by the host organization.

                Table 1.--Schedule of NIST Matching Funds
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                                                           Maximum NIST
                Year of center operation                       share
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1-3.....................................................           \1/2\
4.......................................................           \2/5\
5-6.....................................................           \1/3\
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    (c) Host contribution. The host organization may count as part of 
its share:
    (1) Dollar contributions from state, county, city, industrial, or 
other sources;
    (2) Revenue from licensing and royalties;
    (3) Fees for services performed,
    (4) In-kind contributions of full-time personnel,
    (5) In-kind contribution of part-time personnel, equipment, 
software, rental value of centrally located space (office and 
laboratory) and other related contributions up to a maximum of one-half 
of the host's annual share. Allowable capital expenditures may be 
applied in the award year expended or in subsequent award years.

[55 FR 38275, Sept. 17, 1990, as amended at 59 FR 22505, May 2, 1994]