CFR > Title 2 - Grants and Agreements > SUBTITLE A—Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Grants and Agreements > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET GOVERNMENTWIDE GUIDANCE FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS (parts 2 to 183) > SUBCHAPTER B—Pre-award responsibilities (parts 20 to 26) > PART 25—UNIVERSAL IDENTIFIER AND CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION > SUBPART B—Policy (§25.200 to §25.220) > 25.200—Requirements for program announcements, regulations, and application instructions.

25.200—Requirements for program announcements, regulations, and application instructions.

(a) Each agency that awards types of Federal financial assistance included in the definition of “award” in § 25.305 must include the requirements described in paragraph (b) of this section in each program announcement, regulation, or other issuance containing instructions for applicants that either:
(1) Is issued on or after the effective date of this part; or
(2) Has application or plan due dates after October 1, 2010.
(b) The program announcement, regulation, or other issuance must require each entity that applies and does not have an exemption under § 25.110 to:
(1) Be registered in the CCR prior to submitting an application or plan;
(2) Maintain an active CCR registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal award or an application or plan under consideration by an agency; and
(3) Provide its DUNS number in each application or plan it submits to the agency.
(c) For purposes of this policy:
(1) The applicant is the entity that meets the agency's or program's eligibility criteria and has the legal authority to apply and to receive the award. For example, if a consortium applies for an award to be made to the consortium as the recipient, the consortium must have a DUNS number. If a consortium is eligible to receive funding under an agency program but the agency's policy is to make the award to a lead entity for the consortium, the DUNS number of the lead entity will be used.
(2) A “program announcement” is any paper or electronic issuance that an agency uses to announce a funding opportunity, whether it is called a “program announcement,” “notice of funding availability,” “broad agency announcement,” “research announcement,” “solicitation,” or some other term.
(3) To remain registered in the CCR database after the initial registration, the applicant is required to review and update on an annual basis from the date of initial registration or subsequent updates its information in the CCR database to ensure it is current, accurate and complete.