CULTURETECHLENSGrants & Funding
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Combined Graph record U-00033 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-T-26. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The NIH Grants Policy Statement defines a grant or cooperative agreement as a legal instrument of financial assistance whose principal purpose is to transfer anything of value to a recipient to carry out a public purpose authorized by U.S. law (31 U.S.C. 6302, 6304), as opposed to acquiring property or services for the federal agency's direct benefit or use — the definitional core of the grants/funding scope this lane names. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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The NIH Grants Policy Statement defines a grant or cooperative agreement as a legal instrument of financial assistance whose principal purpose is to transfer anything of value to a recipient to carry out a public purpose authorized by U.S. law (31 U.S.C. 6302, 6304), as opposed to acquiring property or services for the federal agency's direct benefit or use — the definitional core of the grants/funding scope this lane names. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy.
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- https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps/html5/section_1/1.2_definition_of_terms.htm?highlight=foreign%20component (verification source · master store)
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The NIH Grants Policy Statement defines a grant or cooperative agreement as a legal instrument of financial assistance whose principal purpose is to transfer anything of value to a recipient to carry out a public purpose authorized by U.S. law (31 U.S.C. 6302, 6304), as opposed to acquiring property or services for the federal agency's direct benefit or use — the definitional core of the grants/funding scope this lane names. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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