Awards tendered to employees of the National Institutes of Health.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) (b) (c) (1) (i) Is seeking official action from the employee, any subordinate of the employee, or any agency component or subcomponent under the employee's official responsibility; (ii) Does business or seeks to do business with any agency component or subcomponent under the employee's official responsibility; (iii) Conducts activities substantially affected by the programs, policies, or operations of any agency component or subcomponent under the employee's official responsibility; or (iv) Is an organization a majority of whose members are described in paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through (iii) of this section. (2) (ii) Approval shall be granted only upon a determination that acceptance of the award is not prohibited by statute or Federal regulation, including 5 CFR part 2635 and this part. (d) (1) There is a determination by the NIH Director (or the Secretary, with respect to awards tendered to the NIH Director) that acceptance of the gift will further an agency interest because it confers an exceptionally high honor in the fields of medicine or scientific research. The following criteria will be considered in making such a determination: (i) The identity of the awarding organization; (ii) The longevity of the awards program; (iii) The source of award funds; (iv) The size of the monetary component of the award recognition; (v) The identity and credentials of past award recipients; (vi) The degree of publicity attendant to receipt of the award; and (vii) The impact of the substa

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 5501.111