{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-52.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 52.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part:\nAct means the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).\nGrantee means the institution, organization, individual or other person designated in the grant award document as the responsible legal entity to whom a grant is awarded under this part. The term shall also mean the recipient of a cooperative agreement awarded under this part.\nHHS means the Department of Health and Human Services.\nPrincipal investigator means the individual(s) judged by the applicant organization to have the appropriate level of authority and responsibility to direct the project or program supported by the grant and who is or are responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the project.\nProject means the particular activity for which funding is sought under this part as described in the application for grant award.\nPublic Health Service and PHS means the operating division of the Department that consists of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Indian Health Service, the National Institutes of Health, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.\nResearch means a systematic investigation, study or experiment designed to contribute to general knowledge relating broadly to public health by establishing, discovering, developing, elucidating or confirming information about, or the underlying mechanisms relating to, the biological functions, diseases, or related matters to be studied.\nSecretary means the Secretary of HHS and any other officer or employee of the HHS to whom the authority involved may be delegated.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER D—GRANTS","PART 52—GRANTS FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"c73867b96acd5dce845c4d2cad5b1f6e8cf593cb6038e9de42117f60e99a134c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-52.1","next":"us/42-cfr-52.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}