[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: 42CFR52e.6]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 52e--NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE GRANTS FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROJECTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 52e.6  How will NIH evaluate applications?

    (a) Within the limits of funds available, after consultation with 
the Council, the Director may award grants to applicants with proposed 
projects which in the Director's judgment will best promote the purposes 
of section 419 of the Act, taking into consideration among other 
pertinent factors:
    (1) The scientific and technical merit of the proposed project;
    (2) The significance of the project in relation to the goals of the 
National Program;
    (3) Whether the project appropriately emphasizes the prevention, 
diagnosis, or treatment of heart, blood vessel, lung, or blood diseases 
of children;
    (4) The qualifications and experience of the project director and 
other key personnel;
    (5) The administrative and managerial capability and fiscal 
responsibility of the applicant;
    (6) The reasonableness of the proposed budget in relation to the 
proposed project;
    (7) The adequacy of the methods proposed for monitoring and 
evaluating the proposed project; and
    (8) The degree to which the application adequately provides for the 
requirements set forth in Secs. 52e.5(a) and 52e.5(b).
    (b) The notice of grant award specifies how long HHS intends to 
support the project without requiring the project to recompete for 
funds. This period,

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called the project period, will usually be for 1-5 years.
    (c) 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 a separate application to have the support continued 
for each subsequent year. Decisions regarding continuation awards and 
the funding level of such awards will be made after consideration of 
such factors as the grantee's progress and management practices, and the 
availability of funds. In all cases, continuation awards require a 
determination by HHS that continued funding is in the best interest of 
the government.
    (d) 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.
    (e) 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.

[45 FR 12249, Feb. 25, 1980, as amended at 58 FR 54298, Oct. 21, 1993]