[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 7, Volume 15] [Revised as of January 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 7CFR3400.1] [Page 297-299] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 3400_SPECIAL RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Sec. 3400.1 Applicability of regulations. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Part Page 3400 Special Research Grants Program............. 299 3401 Rangeland Research Grants Program........... 309 3402 Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowship Grants Program............... 319 3403 Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program................................. 328 3404 Public information.......................... 338 3405 Higher Education Challenge Grants Program... 339 3406 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program................................. 356 3407 Implementation of National Environmental Policy Act.............................. 386 3411 National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program.......................... 391 3415 Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program.......................... 403 3418 Stakeholder input requirements for recipients of agricultural research, education, and extension formula funds.. 414 3419 Matching funds requirement for agricultural research and extension formula funds at 1890 land-grant institutions, including Tuskegee University, and at 1862 land- grant institutions in insular areas..... 416 [[Page 299]] Subpart A_General Sec. 3400.1 Applicability of regulations. 3400.2 Definitions. 3400.3 Eligibility requirements. 3400.4 How to apply for a grant. 3400.5 Evaluation and disposition of applications. 3400.6 Grant awards. 3400.7 Use of funds; changes. 3400.8 Other Federal statutes and regulations that apply. 3400.9 Other conditions. Subpart B_Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant Applications 3400.10 Establishment and operation of peer review groups. 3400.11 Composition of peer review groups. 3400.12 Conflicts of interest. 3400.13 Availability of information. 3400.14 Proposal review. 3400.15 Review criteria. Subpart C_Peer and Merit Review Arranged by Grantees 3400.20 Grantee review prior to award. 3400.21 Scientific peer review for research activities. 3400.22 Merit review for education and extension activities. Subpart D_Annual Reports 3400.23 Annual reports. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450i(c). Source: 56 FR 58147, Nov 15, 1991, unless otherwise noted. (a) The regulations of this part apply to special research grants awarded under the authority of subsection (c) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i (c)), to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas of the food and agricultural sciences of importance to the United States. Subparts A and B, excepting this section, apply only to special research grants awarded under subsection (c)(1)(A). Subpart C, Peer and Merit Review Arranged by Grantees, and Subpart D, Annual Reports, apply to all grants awarded under subsection (c). (b) Each year the Administrator of CSREES shall determine and announce through publication of a Notice in such publications as the Federal Register, professional trade journals, agency or program handbooks, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, or any other appropriate means, research program areas for which proposals will be solicited competitively, to the extent that funds are available. (c) The regulations of this part do not apply to research, extension or education grants awarded by the Department of Agriculture under any other authority. [64 FR 34103, June 24, 1999]