42 U.S.C. § 300z-7 : US Code - Section 300Z-7: Research

Search 42 U.S.C. § 300z-7 : US Code - Section 300Z-7: Research

(a) Grants and contracts; duration; renewal; amount
(1) The Secretary may make grants and enter into contracts with
public agencies or private organizations or institutions of higher
education to support the research and dissemination activities
described in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of section 300z(b) of
this title.
(2) The Secretary may make grants or enter into contracts under
this section for a period of one year. A grant or contract under
this section for a project may be renewed for four additional one-
year periods, which need not be consecutive.
(3) A grant or contract for any one-year period under this
section may not exceed $100,000 for the direct costs of conducting
research or disemination (!1) activities under this section and may
include such additional amounts for the indirect costs of
conducting such activities as the Secretary determines appropriate.
The Secretary may waive the preceding sentence with respect to a
specific project if he determines that -
(A) exceptional circumstances warrant such waiver and that the
project will have national impact; or
(B) additional amounts are necessary for the direct costs of
conducting limited demonstration projects for the provision of
necessary services in order to provide data for research carried
out under this subchapter.
(4) The amount of any grant or contract made under this section
may remain available for obligation or expenditure after the close
of the one-year period for which such grant or contract is made in
order to assist the recipient in preparing the report required by
subsection (f)(1) of this section.
(b) Scope of permissible activities
(1) Funds provided for research under this section may be used
for descriptive or explanatory surveys, longitudinal studies, or
limited demonstration projects for services that are for the
purpose of increasing knowledge and understanding of the matters
described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 300z(b) of this
title.
(2) Funds provided under this section may not be used for the
purchase or improvement of land, or the purchase, construction, or
permanent improvement (other than minor remodeling) of any building
or facility.
(c) Applications
The Secretary may not make any grant or enter into any contract
to support research or dissemination activities under this section
unless -
(1) the Secretary has received an application for such grant or
contract which is in such form and which contains such
information as the Secretary may by regulation require;
(2) the applicant has demonstrated that the applicant is
capable of conducting one or more of the types of research or
dissemination activities described in paragraph (4), (5), or (6)
of section 300z(b) of this title; and
(3) in the case of an application for a research project, the
panel established by subsection (e)(2) of this section has
determined that the project is of scientific merit.
(d) Coordination with National Institutes of Health
The Secretary shall, where appropriate, coordinate research and
dissemination activities carried out under this section with
research and dissemination activities carried out by the National
Institutes of Health.
(e) Review of applications for grants and contracts; establishment
of review panel
(1) The Secretary shall establish a system for the review of
applications for grants and contracts under this section. Such
system shall be substantially similar to the system for scientific
peer review of the National Institutes of Health and shall meet the
requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In establishing the system required by paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall establish a panel to review applications under this
section. Not more than 25 per centum of the members of the panel
shall be physicians. The panel shall meet as often as may be
necessary to facilitate the expeditious review of applications
under this section, but not less than once each year. The panel
shall review each project for which an application is made under
this section, evaluate the scientific merit of the project,
determine whether the project is of scientific merit, and make
recommendations to the Secretary concerning whether the application
for the project should be approved.
(3) The Secretary shall make grants under this section from among
the projects which the panel established by paragraph (2) has
determined to be of scientific merit and may only approve an
application for a project if the panel has made such determination
with respect to such a project. The Secretary shall make a
determination with respect to an application within one month after
receiving the determinations and recommendations of such panel with
respect to the application.
(f) Reports
(1)(A) The recipient of a grant or contract for a research
project under this section shall prepare and transmit to the
Secretary a report describing the results and conclusions of such
research. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), such report shall
be transmitted to the Secretary not later than eighteen months
after the end of the year for which funds are provided under this
section. The recipient may utilize reprints of articles published
or accepted for publication in professional journals to supplement
or replace such report if the research contained in such articles
was supported under this section during the year for which the
report is required.
(B) In the case of any research project for which assistance is
provided under this section for two or more consecutive one-year
periods, the recipient of such assistance shall prepare and
transmit the report required by subparagraph (A) to the Secretary
not later than twelve months after the end of each one-year period
for which such funding is provided.
(2) Recipients of grants and contracts for dissemination under
this section shall submit to the Secretary such reports as the
Secretary determines appropriate.