[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR35.001]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION

 

PART 35_RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTING--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 35.001  Definitions.



    Applied research means the effort that (a) normally follows basic 

research, but may not be severable from the related basic research; (b) 

attempts to determine and exploit the potential of scientific 

discoveries or improvements in technology, materials, processes, 

methods, devices, or techniques; and (c) attempts to advance the state 

of the art. When being used by contractors in cost principle 

applications, this term does not include efforts whose principal aim is 

the design, development, or testing of specific items or services to be 

considered for sale; these efforts are within the definition of 

development, given below.

    Development, as used in this part, means the systematic use of 

scientific and technical knowledge in the design, development, testing, 

or evaluation of a potential new product or service (or of an 

improvement in an existing product or service) to meet specific 

performance requirements or objectives. It includes the functions of 

design engineering, prototyping, and engineering testing; it excludes 

subcontracted technical effort that is for the sole purpose of 

developing an additional source for an existing product.

    Recoupment, as used in this part, means the recovery by the 

Government of Government-funded nonrecurring costs from contractors that 

sell, lease, or license the resulting products or technology to buyers 

other than the Federal Government.



[48 FR 42352, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 27467, July 20, 1988; 

55 FR 3884, Feb. 5, 1990; 66 FR 2132, Jan. 10, 2001]