[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: 42CFR59a.5]

[Page 308-309]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 59a--NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A--Grants for Establishing, Expanding, and Improving Basic 
                                Resources
 
Sec. 59a.5  Awards.

    (a) General. Within the limits of funds available, the Secretary may 
award grants to those applicants whose proposals for establishments, 
expansion, or improvement will, in the Secretary's judgment, best 
promote the purposes of section 474 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 286b-5).
    (b) Determination of award amount. An Award may not exceed 
$1,000,000 or

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other amount established by law for any fiscal year.
    (1) The scope of medical-library or related services provided by the 
applicant for the population and purposes it serves considering:
    (i) The number of graduate and undergraduate students, and 
physicians and other practitioners in health-related sciences making use 
of the applicant's library resources;
    (ii) The type and availability of library support staff;
    (iii) The type, size, and qualifications of the faculty of any 
school with which the applicant is affiliated;
    (iv) The staff of any hospitals or clinics with which the 
applicant's library is affiliated;
    (v) The geographic area served and, within that area, the medical-
library or related services otherwise available; and
    (2) The amount adequate to insure continuing financial support from 
non-Federal sources of the applicant's proposed activity during and 
after the period of award. The Secretary shall consider the level of 
non-Federal support for the proposed activity for periods prior to the 
fiscal year in which a grant is made. The Secretary shall require the 
applicant's assurance that non-Federal support will not be diminished as 
a result of the award and that adequate support for this activity will 
be continued during and after the period of Federal assistance.
    (c) Project period. (1) the notice of grant award specifies how long 
the Secretary intends to support the project without requiring the 
project to recompete for funds. This period, called the project period, 
will usually be for one to five years.
    (2) Generally, the grant will initially be for one year at a time 
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 these 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 the Secretary that continued funding 
is in the best interest of the Federal Government.
    (3) Neither the approval of any application nor the award of any 
grant commits or obligates the Federal Government in any way to make any 
additional, supplemental, continuation, or other award for any approved 
application or portion of an approved application.

[56 FR 29189, June 26, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 59168, Nov. 16, 1994]