[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR52.2]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 52--GRANTS FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 52.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Act means the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 201 
et seq.).
    Grantee means the institution, organization, individual or other 
person designated in the grant award document as the responsible legal 
entity to whom a grant is awarded under this part. The term shall also 
mean the recipient of a cooperative agreement awarded under this part.
    HHS means the Department of Health and Human Services.
    Principal investigator means a single individual designated by the 
grantee in the grant application and approved by the Secretary, who is 
responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the project.
    Project means the particular activity for which funding is sought 
under this part as described in the application for grant award.
    Public Health Service and PHS means the operating division of the 
Department that consists of the Agency for Health Care Policy and 
Research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and 
Drug Administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
the Indian Health Service, the National Institutes of Health, the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Administration, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry.
    Research means a systematic investigation, study or experiment 
designed to contribute to general knowledge relating broadly to public 
health by establishing, discovering, developing, elucidating or 
confirming information about, or the underlying mechanisms relating to, 
the biological functions, diseases, or related matters to be studied.
    Secretary means the Secretary of HHS and any other officer or 
employee of the HHS to whom the authority involved may be delegated.

[61 FR 55105, Oct. 24, 1996]