Title : fdparmya -- DEPARTMENT OF ARMY - Agency Specific Requirements - ModType : Grant Conditions NSF Org: BFA Date : December 5, 1996 File : fdparmya DEPARTMENT OF ARMY Agency Specific Requirements Modifications to the General Terms and Conditions SEPTEMBER 1996 The FDP Terms and Conditions are modified as follows: a. Article 2. Allowable Costs and Prior Approvals (1) Paragraph c. Notwithstanding paragraph c of Article 2 of the General Terms and Conditions, no funds provided under this award shall be used for the following unless prior written approval is obtained: (a) Foreign travel not specifically identified in the budget incorporated as part of the grant. (b) Equipment exceeding $5,000 not specifically identified in the budget incorporated as part of the grant. (2) Paragraph d. Unless otherwise stated in the award, institutions may be reimbursed at indirect cost rates no higher than those approved by the cognizant audit agency. Should the rate(s) increase subsequent to award, the Army is under no obliga-tion to provide supplemental funding. b. Article 6. Non-Competitive or Continuation Award Requirements This article does not apply to the Department of Army participating agencies and is deleted except for paragraph c. The Department of Army adopts the FDP's Content of Technical Progress Report instructions with the following agency specific term: Technical progress reports shall be written for the intended audience of a program director/manager technically conversant with the research program being supported. In addition, the reports will include (i) a list of scientific personnel supported by the project and degrees/honors/awards received during the reporting period, (ii) a list of inventions by title, (iii) list of manuscripts, (iv) technology transfer and (v) scientific programs and accomplishments. c. Article 7. Financial Reports This article is deleted in its entirety. Reporting requirements shall be as specified in the award document. d. Article 8. Final Report Requirements This article is deleted in its entirety. Reporting requirements shall be as specified in the award document. e. Article 22. Patents and Inventions This article is deleted in its entirety. The grantee will comply with the following agency specific terms: The grantee shall use DD Form 882, Report of Inventions and Subcontracts, for disclosure of patents and inventions. Negative reports are required. Invention reports are due annually and at the end of the period of the grant. Annual reports are due 60 days after the anniversary date of the grant and final reports are due six months after the expiration of the final period. The award will not be closed out until all invention reporting requirements are met. The responsible awarding activity's Legal Counsel shall be the point of contact on matters related to this article. f. Article 27. Animal Welfare This article is deleted in its entirety. The grantee is expressly forbidden to use or subcontract or subgrant for the use of laboratory animals in any manner whatsoever without the express written approval of the Grants Officer. g. Article 30. Human Subjects This article is deleted in its entirety. The grantee is expressly forbidden to use or subcontract or subgrant for the use of human subjects in any manner whatsoever without the express written approval of the Grants Officer. h. Article 34. Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software This article is deleted in its entirety. Rights in technical data and computer software under this grant shall be as specified in the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) 252.227-7013 or ALT. I, where applicable, "Rights in Technical Data--Noncommercial Items" dated NOV 1995 and 252.227-7014, "Rights in Noncommercial Computer Software and Noncommercial Computer Software Documentation" dated JUN 1995, which are incorporated by reference. The following Department of Army Agency-Specific Term and Condition is added: i. Military Recruiting at Institutions of Higher Education As a condition for receipt of funds available to the Department of Defense (DOD) under this award, the recipient agrees that it is not an institution of higher education (as defined in 32 CFR Part 216) that has a policy of denying, and that it is not an institution of higher education that effectively prevents, the Secretary of Defense from obtaining for military recruiting purposes: (A) entry to campuses or access to students on campuses; or (B) access to directory information pertaining to students. If the recipient is determined, using procedures in 32 CFR Part 216, to be such an institution of higher education during the period of performance of this agreement, and therefore to be in breach of this clause, the Government will cease all payments of DOD funds under this agreement and all other DOD grants, cooperative agreements and contracts to the recipient, and it may suspend or terminate such grants, agreements and contracts unilaterally for material failure to comply with the terms and conditions of award. .