[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR256.1]

[Page 378]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 256--RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 256.1  Introduction.

    This part states policies and procedures concerning the Research 
Associate Program at the National Institute of Standards & Technology. 
In the exercise of its functions as a major scientific agency of the 
Federal Government, the National Institute of Standards & Technology may 
make its facilities available to persons other than Bureau employees to 
work with scientists and engineers in collaborative research aimed at 
furthering the Nation's scientific, industrial, and economic growth. 
Such cooperative programs may be sponsored by professional, technical, 
or industrial organizations or associations. Such participants, when so 
sponsored, are designated ``Research Associates''.