[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: 42CFR66.206]

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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 B--Institutional Grants
 
Sec. 66.206  Grant awards.

    (a) Within the limits of funds available, the Secretary shall award 
grants to those applicants:
    (1) Whose applications have been reviewed and recommended for 
approval by the appropriate national advisory council or board;
    (2) Who have satisfied the requirements of Sec. 66.105; and
    (3) Whose proposed programs would, in the judgment of the Secretary, 
best promote the purposes of section 487(a)(1)(B) of the Act, taking 
into consideration among other pertinent factors:
    (i) The scientific, technical, or educational merit of the proposed 
program;
    (ii) The adequacy of the resources and facilities available to the 
applicant;
    (iii) The qualifications and experience of the program director and 
principal staff members;
    (iv) The degree of the need for personnel in the subject area or 
areas of the proposed research or training;
    (v) The extent to which the applicant, in making Awards, gives 
special consideration to physicians who agree to undertake a minimum of 
two years of biomedical research;
    (vi) The administrative and management capability of the applicant;
    (vii) The reasonableness of the proposed budget in relation to the 
proposed program; and
    (viii) The adequacy of the methods for monitoring and evaluating the 
performance of individual recipients and the overall program.
    (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, called the project period, will usually be for 3-5 
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 any approved application.

[48 FR 24880, June 3, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 29501, May 31, 2001]