[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: 7CFR3415.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
                   SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3415_BIOTECHNOLOGY RISK ASSESSMENT RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM
--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 3415.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    (a) Ad hoc reviewers means experts or consultants qualified by 
training and experience in particular scientific or technical fields to 
render special expert advice, through written evaluations of grant 
applications, in accordance with the provisions of this part, on the 
scientific or technical merit of grant applications in those fields.
    (b) Administrator means the Administrator of the Cooperative State 
Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) and/or the 
Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and any other 
officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture to whom the 
authority involved may be delegated.
    (c) Awarding official means the Administrator and any other officer 
or employee of the Department to whom the authority to issue or modify 
grant instruments has been delegated.
    (d) Biotechnology means any technique that uses living organisms (or 
parts of organisms) to make or modify products, to improve plants or 
animals, or to develop microorganisms for specific use. The development 
of materials that mimic molecular structures or functions of living 
systems is included.
    (e) Budget period means the interval of time (usually 12 months) 
into which the project period is divided for budgetary and reporting 
purposes.
    (f) Department means the Department of Agriculture.
    (g) Grant means the award by the Administrator 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 program area identified in program 
solicitation.
    (h) Grantee means the entity designated in the grant award document 
as the responsible legal entity to whom a grant is awarded under this 
part.
    (i) Peer review group means an assembled group of experts or 
consultants qualified by training and experience in particular 
scientific or technical fields to give expert advice, in accordance with 
the provisions of this part, on the scientific and technical merit of 
grant applications in those fields.
    (j) Principal investigator means a single individual who is 
responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the project, 
as designated by the grantee in the grant application and approved by 
the Administrator.
    (k) Project means the particular activity within the scope of one or 
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of the research program areas identified in the annual program 
solicitation that is supported by a grant under this part.
    (l) Project period means the total time approved by the 
Administrator for conducting the proposed project as outlined in an 
approved grant application.
    (m) Research means any systematic study directed toward new or 
fuller knowledge and understanding of the subject studied.
    (n) Methodology means the project approach to be followed to carry 
out the project.