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tivity must be provided. Current support refers 

 to nil support; whether for the proposed activity 

 or any other activity. Anticipated or possible 

 support refers to all requests which are currently 

 pending and requests which the individual plans 

 to submit in the near future. The statement 

 provided should include, when known, the titles 

 and dates of current grants or contracts includ- 

 ing identification numbers, the source of the 

 funds, the annual budgets (total with direct costs 

 indicated in parentheses), and the proportion of 

 the effort devoted to each activity by the individ- 

 ual involved. 



(b) Familiarity with grantee's responsibilities 

 — If a grant is awarded and accepted, it must be 

 administered in accordance with certain condi- 

 tions, policies, and practices required by the 

 Foundation. In particular, the proposal should 

 contain a statement that the endorsers are fam- 

 iliar with and will accept the conditions, policies, 

 or practices described in the following items, 

 (1) through (3): 



(1] Title VI of the Civil Rights i'^ct of 1964— 

 This title states that no person in the 

 United States shall, on the grounds of 

 race, creed, color or national origin, be 

 excluded from participation in, be denied 

 the benefits of, or be subjected to dis- 

 crimination under, any program or ac- 

 tivity receiving Federal financial assist- 

 ance. To implement this requirement the 

 Foundation issued a regulation that all 

 grantees must submit or have on file 

 an "Assurance of Compliance with Title 

 VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." The 

 Foundation's Grants office will supply on 

 request the Assurance of Compliance 

 forms and a copy of the regulations. 

 When an institution completes and sub- 

 mits to the Foundation an Assurance 

 form, this covers all proposals subse- 

 quently submitted by that institution. A 

 condition for awarding a grant is that the 

 grantee affirms that the "Assurance of 

 Compliance with National Science Foun- 

 dation regulation under Title VI of the 

 Civil Rights Act of 1964" has been 

 executed and fully applicable to the 

 grant to be awarded. 

 (2) Water pollution control — Executive Or- 

 der 11288 dated July 2, 1966, estahhshes 

 Federal policies, procedures and stand- 

 ards relative to water pollution preven- 

 tion, control and abatement. This order 

 includes the requirement that pollution 

 caused by activities or programs sup- 



ported in whole or in part by grant funds 

 must be reduced to the lowest level prac- 

 ticable. It is the grantee institution's 

 responsibility to comply with the Federal 

 standards. 

 (3) Laboratory animal welfare — P.L. 89-.544 

 dated August 24, 1966, and the Federal 

 Register Volume 32, number 37, Part II, 

 dated February 24, 1967, establish regu- 

 lations and standards for dealers and 

 research facilities handling dogs, cats, 

 non-human primates, guinea pigs, ham- 

 sters or rabbits. These requirements are 

 concerned with handling, care and treat- 

 ment of anim.als during holding and 

 transportation, not during actual research 

 or experimentation. It is the grantee in- 

 stitution's responsibility to comply with 

 these standards as applicable. 



(c) Patents and inventions — The grantee is 

 responsible for informing the Foundation of any 

 invention made or conceived by the principal 

 investigator or other person working on a grant 

 supported project. The Foundation has the right 

 of determining whether or not, and where, a 

 patent application should be filed, and the dis- 

 position of the invention and title to and rights 

 under any application or patent that may result. 

 The Foundation in making these decisions, takes 

 into account the public interest and the equities 

 of the grantee. 



(d) Foundation liability — The Foundation as- 

 sumes no responsibility for accidents, illnesses 

 or other losses suffered while engaged in Foun- 

 dation supported research. 



(e) Grant revocation — The Foundation may 

 revoke a grant in whole or in part if it is deter- 

 mined in consultation with the grantee that the 

 research cannot be carried out or the conditions 

 set forth in the grant letter cannot be adhered to. 

 When a grant is to be revoked the institution 

 will reduce, insofar as possible, the amount of 

 outstanding commitments and report the amount 

 of the uncommitted balance to the Foundation. 

 The grantee must submit a final fiscal report on 

 the revoked grant. 



(f) Safeguarding of funds — Advances of 

 money received from the Foundation must be 

 deposited in the checking accounts maintained 

 by the grantee. In no case will the funds so 

 advanced be commingled with the personal 

 funds of any of the officers of the grantee in- 

 stitution, organization, or society, nor will any 

 of the funds be deposited in personal bank 

 accounts for disbursement by personal checks. 



