FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 235: Research and Development Contracting
DFARS 235.001 Definitions.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
The text
“Research and development” means those efforts described by the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) budget activity definitions found in the DoD Financial Management Regulation (DoD 7000.14-R), Volume 2B, Chapter 5.
235.006 Contracting methods and contract type. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 235
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Disclosure of DoD Funding in Technical Publications (DFARS Case 2024-D003) ↗ · proposed 2025-08-25 · comments due 2025-10-24
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research (DFARS Case 2020-D028) ↗ · proposed 2025-07-18
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research (2020-D028) ↗ · proposed 2024-09-26 · comments due 2024-11-25
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.