a.  Contracting Officer. This may be any Contracting Officer of the awarding office.  The terms, “the Contracting Officer named on the face page of this award,”  “the Contracting Office,” and “a DOE Contracting Officer”  refer to this person as well.  The address to be used in corresponding with the Contracting Officer is that appearing in block 12 of the NFAA.

  b.  Grant Administrator.  This individual is named in block 12 of the NFAA. 

  c.  Principal Investigator.  As used herein, the scientist or other programmatic expert named in block 8 of the NFAA, designated by the grantee organization to direct the scientific/technical efforts being supported.

d.  Prior Approval.  A written or electronically-transmitted statement from the Contracting Officer that a cost may be incurred or an action may be taken.  The approval may take the form of a letter, e-mail message, or an amendment to the grant.  If actions or costs requiring prior approval are specified in the application and are not expressly disapproved by DOE in the attached “Special Terms and Conditions,” the award of the grant constitutes such prior approval.

e. Program Manager.  The DOE Headquarters line manager in charge of the SBIR/STTR program.  The Program Manager’s address is:

  U.S. Department of Energy
   SC-32/Germantown Building
   1000 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, DC 20585-1290