[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: 7CFR3403.1] [Page 328-329] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 3403_SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Information Sec. 3403.1 Applicability of regulations. Subpart A_General Information Sec. 3403.1 Applicability of regulations. 3403.2 Definitions. 3403.3 Eligibility requirements. Subpart B_Program Description 3403.4 Three-phase program. Subpart C_Preparation and Submission of Proposals 3403.5 Requests for proposals. 3403.6 General content of proposals. 3403.7 Proposal format for phase I applications. 3403.8 Proposal format for phase II applications. 3403.9 Submission of proposals. Subpart D_Proposal Review and Evaluation 3403.10 Proposal review 3403.11 Availability of information. Subpart E_Supplementary Information 3403.12 Terms and conditions of grant awards. 3403.13 Notice of grant awards. 3403.14 Use of funds; changes. 3403.15 Other Federal statutes and regulations that apply. 3403.16 Other conditions. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 638. Source: 62 FR 26168, May 12, 1997, unless otherwise noted. (a) The regulations of this part apply to small business innovation research grants awarded under the general authority of section 630 of the Act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies' programs for fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and for other purposes, as made applicable by section 101(a) of Public Law 99-591, 100 Stat. 3341, and the provisions of the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638). The [[Page 329]] Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, as amended, mandates that each Federal agency with an annual extramural budget for research or research and development in excess of $100 million participate in a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program by reserving a statutory percentage of its annual extramural budget for award to small business concerns for research or research and development in order to stimulate technological innovation, use small business to meet Federal research and development needs, increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development, and foster and encourage the participation of socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns in technological innovation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will participate in this program through the issuance of competitive research grants which will be administered by the Office of Competitive Research Grants and Awards Management, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). (b) The regulations of this part do not apply to research grants awarded by the Department of Agriculture under any other authority.