15 CFR § 256.4 - Qualifications.

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title: "15 CFR § 256.4 - Qualifications."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "256.4"
section_name: "Qualifications."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES"
part_number: "256"
part_name: "RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROGRAM"
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authority: "27 Stat. 395, 31 Stat. 1039; 20 U.S.C. 91."
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# 256.4 Qualifications.

Each candidate selected to serve as a Research Associate must be determined to be scientifically qualified by the Sponsor and by the NIST, and found by NIST to be of good moral character and to possess suitable personal qualities.