48 CFR § 235.016 - 235.016 Broad agency announcement.

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title: "48 CFR § 235.016 - 235.016   Broad agency announcement."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "235.016"
section_name: "235.016   Broad agency announcement."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
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subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "235"
part_name: "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTING"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36416, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 235.016 235.016   Broad agency announcement.

(a) *General.* A broad agency announcement with peer or scientific review may be used for the award of science and technology proposals. Science and technology proposals include proposals for the following:

(i) Basic research (budget activity 6.1).

(ii) Applied research (budget activity 6.2).

(iii) Advanced technology development (budget activity 6.3).

(iv) Advanced component development and prototypes (budget activity 6.4).

[84 FR 4366, Feb. 15, 2019]