[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: 7CFR3415.7]

[Page 412]
 
                          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. 3415.7  Use of funds; changes.

    (a) Delegation of fiscal responsibility. The grantee may not in 
whole or in part delegate or transfer to another person, institution, or 
organization the responsibility for use or expenditure of grant funds.
    (b) Change in project plans. (1) The permissible changes by the 
grantee, principal investigator(s), or other key project personnel in 
the approved grant shall be limited to changes in methodology, 
techniques, or other aspects of the project to expedite achievement of 
the project's approved goals. If the grantee or the principal 
investigator(s) is uncertain whether a particular change complies with 
this provision, the question must be referred to the awarding official 
of CSREES or ARS, as appropriate, for a final determination.
    (2) Changes in approved goals, or objectives, shall be requested by 
the grantee and approved in writing by the awarding official of CSREES 
or ARS, as appropriate, prior to effecting such changes. Normally, no 
requests for such changes that are outside the scope of the original 
approved project will be approved.
    (3) Changes in approved project leadership or the replacement or 
reassignment of other key project personnel shall be requested by the 
grantee and approved in writing by the awarding official of CSREES or 
ARS, as appropriate, prior to effecting such changes.
    (4) Transfers of actual performance of the substantive programmatic 
work in whole or in part and provisions for payment of funds, whether or 
not Federal funds are involved, shall be requested by the grantee and 
approved in writing by the awarding official of CSREES or ARS, as 
appropriate, prior to effecting such changes, unless prescribed 
otherwise in the terms and conditions of a grant.
    (c) Changes in project period. The project period determined 
pursuant to Sec. 3415.5(b) may be extended by the awarding official of 
CSREES or ARS, as appropriate, without additional financial support, for 
such additional period(s) as the appropriate awarding official 
determines may be necessary to complete, or fulfill the purposes of, an 
approved project. Any extension of time shall be conditioned upon prior 
request by the grantee and approval in writing by the appropriate 
awarding official, unless prescribed otherwise in the terms and 
conditions of a grant.
    (d) Changes in approved budget. The terms and conditions of a grant 
will prescribe the circumstances under which written approval must be 
requested and obtained from the awarding official of CSREES or ARS, as 
appropriate, prior to instituting changes in an approved budget.