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A financial assistance award instrument used by awarding agencies when the relationship with the recipient has as its principle purpose the transfer of a thing of value to the recipient in order to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States, and substantial involvement is expected.[1][2] The legal document used in awarding a cooperative agreement is the Notice of Award.[3]
 

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Department Policy

Selecting the Cooperative Agreement as the proper award instrument

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For cooperative agreements, programs must include a detailed description of the expected Service involvement in the project activities in both the funding opportunity description and the Notice of Award letter.
 

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[1] Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977, as incorporated in 31 USC § 6305 (cited online at http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/6305)

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