[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 42CFR52.2]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 52_GRANTS FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  52.2  Definitions.



    As used in this part:

    Act means the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 201 

et seq.).

    Grantee means the institution, organization, individual or other 

person designated in the grant award document as the responsible legal 

entity to whom a grant is awarded under this part. The term shall also 

mean the recipient of a cooperative agreement awarded under this part.

    HHS means the Department of Health and Human Services.

    Principal investigator means a single individual designated by the 

grantee in the grant application and approved by the Secretary, who is 

responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the project.

    Project means the particular activity for which funding is sought 

under this part as described in the application for grant award.

    Public Health Service and PHS means the operating division of the 

Department that consists of the Agency for Health Care Policy and 

Research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and 

Drug Administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration, 

the Indian Health Service, the National Institutes of Health, the Office 

of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental 

Health Administration, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 

Registry.

    Research means a systematic investigation, study or experiment 

designed to contribute to general knowledge relating broadly to public 

health by establishing, discovering, developing, elucidating or 

confirming information about, or the underlying mechanisms relating to, 

the biological functions, diseases, or related matters to be studied.

    Secretary means the Secretary of HHS and any other officer or 

employee of



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the HHS to whom the authority involved may be delegated.



[61 FR 55105, Oct. 24, 1996]