Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare
42 U.S.C. § 16353: Merit review of proposals
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Awards of funds authorized under this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be made only after an impartial review of the scientific and technical merit of the proposals for the awards has been carried out by or for the Department. Institutions of higher education. National Laboratories. Nonprofit and for-profit private entities. State and local governments. Consortia of entities described in paragraphs (1) through (4). It is the sense of Congress that research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities carried out by the Department should be awarded using competitive procedures, to the maximum extent practicable.
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