[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: 42CFR52.6]

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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. 52.6  Grant awards.

    (a) Within the limits of funds available for that purpose, the 
Secretary will award a grant to those applicants whose approved projects 
will in the Secretary's judgment best promote the purposes of the 
statute authorizing the grant and the regulations of this part. The date 
specified by the Secretary as the beginning of the project period shall 
be no later than 9 months following the date of any initial or new award 
statement unless the Secretary finds that because of the nature of a 
project or the grantee's particular circumstances earlier assurance of 
grant support is required to initiate the project. Any funds granted 
under this part shall be expended solely for the purposes for which the 
funds were granted in accordance with the approved application and 
budget, the regulations of this part, the terms and conditions of the 
award and the applicable cost principles prescribed in subpart Q of 45 
CFR part 74.
    (b) Evaluation of unapproved drug treatments for AIDS. Grants under 
section 2314 of the Act to support research relating to the evaluation 
of drug treatments for AIDS not approved by the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs, shall be subject to appropriate scientific and ethical guidelines 
established by the Secretary for each project, pursuant to section 
2314(c) of the Act. In order to receive a grant, the applicant must 
agree to comply with those guidelines.
    (c) Notice of grant award. (1) The notice of grant award specifies 
how long HHS intends to support the project

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without requiring the project to recompete for funds. This period, 
called the project period, will usually be for 1-5 years.
    (2) Generally, the grant will initially be for one year and 
subsequent continuation awards will also be for one year at a time. A 
grantee must submit an application at the time and in the form and 
manner as the Secretary may prescribe to have support continued for each 
subsequent year.
    (3) Neither the approval of any application nor the award of any 
grant commits or obligates the United States in any way to make any 
additional, supplemental, continuation, or other award with respect to 
any approved application or portion of an approved application.
    (d) Multiple or concurrent awards. Whenever a research project 
involves a number of different but related problems, activities or 
disciplines which require evaluation by different groups, or whenever 
support for a project could be more effectively administered by separate 
handling of separate aspects of the project, the Secretary may evaluate, 
approve and make awards pursuant to two or more concurrent applications, 
each dealing with one or more specified aspects of the project.
    (e) Unobligated balances. The Secretary may permit unobligated grant 
funds remaining in the grant account at the close of a budget period to 
be carried forward for obligation during a subsequent budget period, 
provided a continuation award is made for that period and the 
Secretary's written approval is obtained.
    (f) Award for continuation of project under new grantee. The 
Secretary, upon application in accordance with the provisions of 
Sec. 52.4 and without further action by a Council or other body, may 
make a grant to any institution or other person eligible under Sec. 52.3 
for continuation of a currently supported project for which a grant was 
previously made to another institution or person, provided the Secretary 
finds that the change in the conduct of the project is consonant with 
the previous evaluation and approval of the project under Sec. 52.5.

[45 FR 12240, Feb. 25, 1980; 45 FR 20096, Mar. 27, 1980; 61 FR 55105, 
Oct. 24, 1996]