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by the institutional official to whom the IBC is responsible. If the MUA 
pertains to an NIH-supported project, it must be submitted to the program 
administrator of the awarding NIH Bureau, Institute, or Division. The 
latter will forward the request to ORDA. If the MUA pertains to a project 
supported by private funds or to a project funded by an agency not desig- 
nated by NIH as having prior^approval authority, the MUA must be submitted 
directly to ORDA with a covering letter explaining the nature of the 
request. 
I-B-2-b. Activities Approvable by Other Agencies . MU As pertaining 
to non-NIH-supported projects and requiring prior approval by the funding 
agency should be submitted directly to that agency (if it has been desig- 
nated by NIH as having prior-approval authority). 
I-C. Required Registration of Recombinant CNA Projects . 
I— C— 1. NIH-Supported Projects . FOr NIH-supported projects, an 
NIH-approved MUA will constitute registration. (See NOTE ON REGISTRATION 
in Section II-C belcw for immediate initiation of projects pending an NIH 
award . ) 
I-C -2 . Non -NIH Projects Supported by Federal Agencies . Institu- 
tions receiving NIH funds for recombinant DNA research which also conduct 
such research with other Federal funding need not register the latter 
projects with NIH when the funding agency maintains a registry and pro- 
vides NIH with certain information. 
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