[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1240.104]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1240_INVENTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart 1_Awards for Scientific and Technical Contributions
 
Sec.  1240.104  Applications for awards.

    (a) Eligibility. Applications for award may be submitted by any 
person including any individual, partnership, corporation, association, 
institution, or other entity.
    (b) Information required. Applications for award should be addressed 
to the Inventions and Contributions Board (herein referred to as the 
Board), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 
20546-0001, and will contain:
    (1) The name and address of the applicant, the person's relationship 
to the contributor if the contribution is made by one other than the 
applicant, and the names and addresses of any others having information 
as to the value or usage of the contribution;
    (2) A complete written description of the contribution, in the 
English language, using electronic media, accompanied by drawings, 
sketches, diagrams, or photographs illustrating the nature of the 
contribution and the technical and scientific principles upon which it 
is based, any available test or performance data or observations of 
pertinent scientific phenomena, and the aeronautics or space application 
of the contribution;
    (3) The date and manner of any previous submittal of the 
contribution to any other United States Government agency, and the name 
of such agency;
    (4) The aggregate amount of any sums which have been expended by the 
applicant for the development of the contribution;
    (5) The nature and extent of any known use of the contribution by 
the United States and by any agency of the United States Government;
    (6) The amount of any compensation (other than salary received for 
services rendered as an officer or employee of the Government) 
previously received by the applicant for or on account of the use of 
such contribution by the United States;
    (7) Identification of any United States and foreign patents applied 
for or issued relating to the contribution; and
    (8) An agreement to surrender all claims which such applicant may 
have for the use of such contribution by the Government.

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    (c) General. (1) Each contribution will be made the subject of a 
separate application in order that each contribution may be evaluated 
individually.
    (2) Material constituting a possible hazard to safety or requiring 
unusual storage facilities should not be submitted, and will not be 
accepted. Models or intricate exhibits demonstrating the contribution 
will not be accepted unless specifically requested by the Board. In 
those few cases where such models or exhibits have been submitted 
pursuant to a request made by the Board, the same will be returned to 
the applicant upon written request from the applicant.
    (3) It is the policy of the Board to use or disclose information 
contained in applications for awards for evaluation purposes only. 
Applications for awards submitted with restrictive legends or statements 
differing from this policy will be treated in accordance with the 
Board's policy.