NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AGENCY-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

The FDP Terms and Conditions are modified as follows:

Agency Contacts and Addresses.

a. The "designated representative" cited in Articles 1 and 3 is:

The Associate Administrator for Procurement (Code HK), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546.

b. The "awarding agency official" is:

The Grants Officer at the Center which made the award, unless otherwise specified. Requests for "approval by the awarding agency" or for "prior approval" shall be directed to the Grants Officer.

c. The name of the assigned NASA Technical Officer appears on the face of each award.

d. The "FMO" is the Financial Management Office at the Center that made the award.

e. The address for reports submitted to CASI is:

NASA Center for AeroSpace Information
Attn: Accessioning Department
800 Elkridge Landing Road
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-2934

Article 4. Payment.

Advance payments will be made by electronic fund transfers. The NASA FMO will provide procedural instructions.

Article 6. Non-Competitive or Continuation Award Requirements.

Multiple Year Grants. If an award contains a "Multiple Year Grant," FDP Article 6 applies in its entirety. For these awards, "project period" means the period from the initial award date to the end of the last year of anticipated support.

Submission. The recipient shall submit an annual Performance Report 60 days before the anniversary date of the award, distributed as follows:
a. Original - Grants Officer
b. Copy - NASA Technical Officer
c. Microreproducible copy - CASI

Article 7. Financial Reports.

Paragraph (a) does not apply to NASA. Submit the SF272 to the FMO within 15 working days following the end of each Federal fiscal quarter.

Article 15. Equipment and Real Property.

Grant funds shall not be used to procure passenger carrying vehicles.

The annual Inventory Report of Government-owned property required by OMB Circular A-110 shall be prepared as of September 30 and submitted to the Center Deputy Chief Financial Officer (Finance) no later than October 31.

Article 21. Unobligated Balances and Limit of Federal Liability.

Paragraph (b) does not apply to NASA. If uncommitted carry over funds are likely to be substantial, the estimated amount shall be included in any continuation proposal.

Article 22. Patents and Inventions.

The NASA regulation applicable to paragraph (e)(2) of the clause is at 14 CFR 1245.2, Licensing of NASA Inventions, paragraph 1245.210.

The following item is added to paragraph (f) of the clause:

(5) The Grantee shall include a list of all Subject Inventions required to be disclosed during the preceding year in the performance report, technical report, or renewal proposal, and a complete list (or a negative statement) for the entire award period shall be included in the summary of research.

The NASA implementing regulations for paragraph (g)(2) of the clause is at 48 CFR 1827.373(b) (NASA FAR Supplement paragraph 18-27.373(b).

The following requirement constitutes paragraph (l) of the clause:

(l) Communications.
A copy of all submissions or requests required by this clause, plus a copy of any reports, manuscripts, publications or similar material bearing on patent matters, shall be sent to the Center Patent Counsel in addition to any other submission requirements in the Grant provisions. If any reports contain information describing a subject invention for which the Grantee has elected or may elect title, NASA will use reasonable efforts to delay public release by NASA or publication by NASA in a NASA technical series, for six months from the date of receipt, in order for a patent application to be filed, provided that the Grantee identify the information and the subject invention to which it relates at the time of submittal. If required by the Grants Officer, the Grantee shall provide the filing date, serial number and title, a copy of the patent application, and a patent number and issue date for any subject invention in any country in which the Grantee has applied for patents.

Article 25. National Security.

Initial submission of information (subpart d(1)) shall be to the NASA Grants Officer.

Article 26. Nondiscrimination.

NASA's implementing regulations appear at 14 CFR Parts 1250, 1251, and 1252.

Article 27. Animal Welfare.

Requirements established by NASA appear at 14 CFR Part 1232.

Article 30. Human Subjects.

Agency requirements are contained in NASA Management Instruction (NMI) 7100.8, "Protection of Human Research Subjects." For a copy of the NMI, contact the Office of Life & Microgravity Sciences & Applications, Code U, NASA, Washington DC, 20546.

Article 32. Debarred or Suspended Parties.

NASA's debarment and suspension and drug-free workplace regulations appear at 14 CFR Part 1265.

Statutory Article 1. Consultants.

Payments to individuals for consultant services under a NASA Grant or Cooperative Agreement shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum rate paid for a Level IV of the Executive Schedule, exclusive of expenses and indirect costs.

Statutory Article 2. Restrictions on Lobbying.

NASA's implementing regulations appear at 14 CFR Part 1271.