§300cc–16 Research centers

Summary

The Secretary, working through the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, may give grants and sign contracts with public and nonprofit groups to help plan, start, strengthen, and provide basic running support for centers that do basic and clinical research and training on advanced ways to diagnose, prevent, and treat acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). These awards must follow policies the Secretary sets through the Director of the National Institutes of Health and after talking with the advisory council for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Clinical research should include women, children, hemophiliacs, and minorities when appropriate. Money from these grants can pay for renovating or leasing space, staff and basic operating costs (including patient care needed for clinical research), clinical training (including allied health workers), and demonstration projects like long-term monitoring and outpatient care for people infected with the agent that causes the syndrome. Funds cannot be used for research training that could be paid for by Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards under section 288. Support for a center may last up to five years and the Director can extend it in extra five-year blocks after a peer review group recommends extension. Congress may provide whatever sums are needed.