§37.200. What are my responsibilities as an agreements officer for ensuring the appropriate use of TIAs?

The nature of the project, as discussed in § 37.205;

The type of recipient, addressed in § 37.210;

The recipient's commitment and cost sharing, as described in § 37.215;

The degree of involvement of the Government program official, as discussed in § 37.220; and

Your judgment that the use of a TIA could benefit defense research objectives in ways that likely would not happen if another type of assistance instrument were used. Your answers to the four questions in § 37.225 should be the basis for your judgment.