Helpful Resources

 2008 Competition Information

 TIP Rule 15 CFR Part 296

 TIP Statute Pub. L. 110-69 Sec. 3012

 Automated Standard Application for Payments

 Codes of Conduct 15 CFR 14.44

 Contacts for Additional Information

 Cooperative Agreements and Award Requirements
• Administrative Requirements - 15 CFR Part 14, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements with Institutions Of Higher Education, Hospitals, Other Non-Profit, and Commercial Organizations



• Cost Principles
• 48 CFR Part 31 (For-profits)
• 2 CFR Part 220 - Educational Institutions (OMB Circular A-21)
• 2 CFR Part 230 - Non-profits (OMB Circular A-122)
• 45 CFR Part 74, Appendix E (Hospitals)


• DoC Financial Assistance Standard Terms and Conditions
• Financial Assistance Award Form
• OMB Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Government, and Non-Profit Organizations

 Dun and Bradstreet (D&B)

 Employer Identification Number (EIN)

 Human and Animal Subjects Research


• TIP Resources
• TIP Guidelines and Documentation Requirements for Reserach Involvoing Human and Animal Subjects
• TIP Guidelines on Research Involving Stem Cells



• Non-TIP Resources for Research Involving Animal Subjects
• National Institutes of Health - Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
• U.S. Department of Agriculture - Animal Care Publications and Policy
• Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals



• Non-TIP Resources for Research Involving Human Subjects
• Federal Policy for Protection of Human Research Subjects - Common Rule
• U.S. Department of Commerce Adoption of the Common Rule
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Human Research Protections
• OHRP Assurances and IRB Registration
• Federal Policy on Research on Transplantation of Fetal Tissue

 Protection of Confidential/Proprietary Information
• Economic Espionage Act
• Freedom of Information Act
• Trade Secrets Act

 Sample JV Agreement, August 2008