[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: 7CFR3403.2]

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                          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. 3403.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Ad hoc reviewers means experts or consultants, qualified by training 
and experience in particular scientific or technical fields to render 
expert advice on the scientific or technical merit of grant applications 
in those fields, who review on an individual basis one or several of the 
eligible proposals submitted to this program in their area of expertise 
and who submit to the Department written evaluations of such proposals.
    Awarding official means any officer or employee of the Department 
who has the authority to issue or modify research project grant 
instruments on behalf of the Department.
    Budget period means the interval of time into which the project 
period is divided for budgetary and reporting purposes.
    Commercialization means the process of developing markets and 
producing and delivering products or services for sale (whether by the 
originating party or by others); as used here, commercialization 
includes both government and commercial markets.
    Department means the Department of Agriculture.
    Funding agreement is any contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
entered into between any Federal agency and any small business concern 
for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research work 
funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government.
    Grantee means the small business concern designated in the grant 
award document as the responsible legal entity to whom a grant is 
awarded under this part.
    Peer review group means experts or consultants, qualified by 
training and experience in particular scientific or technical fields to 
give expert advice on the scientific and technical merit of grant 
applications in those fields, who assemble as a group to discuss and 
evaluate all of the eligible proposals submitted to this program in 
their area of expertise.
    Principal investigator means a single individual designated by the 
grantee in the grant application and approved by the Department who is 
responsible for the scientific or technical direction of the project. 
Therefore, the individual should have a scientific and technical 
background.
    Program solicitation is a formal request for proposals whereby an 
agency notifies the small business community of its research or research 
and development needs and interests in selected areas and invites 
proposals from small business concerns in response to those needs.
    Project means the particular activity within the scope of one of the 
research topic areas identified in the annual solicitation of 
applications, which is supported by a grant award under this part.
    Project period means the total length of time that is approved by 
the Department for conducting the research project as outlined in an 
approved grant application.

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    Research or research and development (R&D) means any activity which 
is:
    (1) A systematic, intensive study directed toward greater knowledge 
or understanding of the subject studied;
    (2) A systematic study directed specifically toward applying new 
knowledge to meet a recognized need; or
    (3) A systematic application of knowledge toward the production of 
useful materials, devices, and systems or methods, including design, 
development, and improvement of prototypes and new processes to meet 
specific requirements.
    Research project grant means the award by the Department of funds to 
a grantee to assist in meeting the costs of conducting for the benefit 
of the public an identified project which is intended and designed to 
establish, discover, elucidate, or confirm information or the underlying 
mechanisms relating to a research topic area identified in the annual 
solicitation of applications.
    Small business concern means a concern which at the time of award of 
phase I and phase II funding agreements meets the following criteria:
    (1) Is organized for profit, independently owned or operated, is not 
dominant in the field in which it is proposing, has its principal place 
of business located in the United States, has a number of employees not 
exceeding 500 (full-time, part-time, temporary, or other) in all 
affiliated concerns owned or controlled by a single parent concern, and 
meets the other regulatory requirements outlined in 13 CFR Part 121. 
Business concerns, other than licensed investment companies, or State 
development companies qualifying under the Small Business Investment Act 
of 1958, 15 U.S.C. 661, et seq., are affiliates of one another when 
directly or indirectly one concern controls or has the power to control 
the other or third parties (or party) control or have the power to 
control both. Control can be exercised through common ownership, common 
management, and contractual relationships. The term ``affiliates'' is 
defined in greater detail in 13 CFR 121.401(a) through (m). The term 
``number of employees'' is defined in 13 CFR 121.407. Business concerns 
include, but are not limited to, any individual, partnership, 
corporation, joint venture, association, or cooperative.
    (2) Is at least 51 percent owned, or in the case of a publicly owned 
business at least 51 percent of its voting stock is owned, by United 
States citizens or lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens.
    Socially and economically disadvantaged individual is a member of 
any of the following groups: Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native 
Americans, Asian-Pacific Americans, Subcontinent Asian Americans, other 
groups designated from time to time by the Small Business Administration 
(SBA) to be socially disadvantaged, or any other individual found to be 
socially and economically disadvantaged by the SBA pursuant to section 
8(a) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 637(a).
    Socially and economically disadvantaged small business concern is 
one that is:
    (1) At least 51 percent owned by
    (i) An Indian tribe or a native Hawaiian organization, or
    (ii) One or more socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals; and
    (2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by 
one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
    Subcontract is any agreement, other than one involving an employer-
employee relationship, entered into by a Federal Government funding 
agreement awardee requesting supplies or services required solely for 
the performance of the funding agreement.
    United States means the fifty States, the territories and 
possessions of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the District of Columbia.
    Women-owned small business concern means a small business concern 
that is at least 51 percent owned by a woman or women who also control 
and operate it. ``Control'' as used in this context means exercising the 
power to make policy decisions. ``Operate'' as used in this context 
means being actively involved in the day-to-day management of the 
concern.

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