[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3400.1]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
                   SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3400_SPECIAL RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 3400.1  Applicability of regulations.


    (a) The regulations of this part apply to special research grants 
awarded under the authority of subsection (c) of the Competitive, 
Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i 
(c)), to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas of the 
food and agricultural sciences of importance to the United States. 
Subparts A and B, excepting this section, apply only to special research 
grants awarded under subsection (c)(1)(A). Subpart C, Peer and Merit 
Review Arranged by Grantees, and Subpart D, Annual Reports, apply to all 
grants awarded under subsection (c).
    (b) Each year the Administrator of CSREES shall determine and 
announce through publication of a Notice in such publications as the 
Federal Register, professional trade journals, agency or program 
handbooks, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, or any other 
appropriate means, research program areas for which proposals will be 
solicited competitively, to the extent that funds are available.
    (c) The regulations of this part do not apply to research, extension 
or education grants awarded by the Department of Agriculture under any 
other authority.

[64 FR 34103, June 24, 1999]