[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: 42CFR66.106]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 66--NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart A--Direct Awards
 
Sec. 66.106  Awards.

    (a) Within the limits of funds available, the Secretary shall make 
Awards to those applicants:
    (1) Who have satisfied the requirements of Sec. 66.105; and
    (2) Whose proposed research or training would, in the judgment of 
the Secretary, best promote the purposes of section 487(a)(1)(A) of the 
Act, taking into consideration among other pertinent factors:
    (i) The scientific, technical, or educational merit of the 
particular proposal;
    (ii) The availability of resources and facilities to carry it out;
    (iii) The qualifications and experience of the applicant; and
    (iv) The need for personnel in the subject area of the proposed 
research or training.
    (b) In making Awards, the Secretary shall take account of the 
Nation's overall need for biomedical research by giving special 
consideration to physicians who agree to undertake a minimum of two 
years of biomedical research.
    (c) All Awards shall be in writing. Each shall specify:
    (1) The period of the Award;
    (2) The total recommended stipends and allowances provided for the 
entire Award period;
    (3) The amount awarded for the intitial year of that period (see 
Sec. 66.107); and
    (4) The amount of the payments to the institution for the cost of 
services provided the awardee by the institution during the initial year 
of that period (see Sec. 66.108).
    (d) Neither the approval of any application nor any Award shall 
commit or obligate the United States in any way to make additional, 
supplemental, continuation, or other Award with respect to any approved 
application or portion thereof.
    (e) No individual may receive an aggregate of more than five years 
of support at the predoctoral level and three years at the postdoctoral 
level unless the Secretary waives, for good cause shown, this limitation 
for the individual. In determining what constitutes ``good cause,'' the 
Secretary shall take into account such factors as whether the applicant 
proposes to pursue a combined program leading to the degrees of doctor 
of medicine and doctor of philosophy.

[48 FR 24880, June 3, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 29500, May 31, 2001]