Appropriate USG Agency definition
Appropriate USG Agency means the department or agency of the United States Government (USG) that is providing funding for the life sciences research under University review. When a federal agency simply passes through funding from another federal agency to support research covered under this Policy, the agency originally providing the funding shall be considered the Appropriate USG Agency. For non-USG funded research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the Appropriate USG Agency, and NIH will in turn refer the notification to another USG agency, based upon the nature of the research.