FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 235: Research and Development Contracting
DFARS 235.072 Additional contract clauses.
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.
In plain English
This section tells contracting officers which DFARS clauses to include in certain solicitations and contracts, mainly those involving research, development, testing, evaluation, or training. It matters to contractors because it identifies the clauses that may appear in their contracts and the circumstances under which each is used.
Applies to: DoD solicitations and contracts involving research, development, test, evaluation, training, or related activities
Key terms: Animal Welfare · Frequency Authorization · Acknowledgement of Support and Disclaimer · Final Scientific or Technical Report · Protection of Human Subjects
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
(a) Use a clause substantially the same as the clause at 252.235-7002, Animal Welfare, in solicitations and contracts involving research, development, test, and evaluation or training that use live vertebrate animals.
(b) Use the basic or the alternate of the clause at 252.235-7003, Frequency Authorization, in solicitations and contracts for developing, producing, constructing, testing, or operating a device requiring a frequency authorization.
(1) Use the basic clause if agency procedures do not authorize the use of DD Form 1494, Application for Equipment Frequency Allocation, to obtain radio frequency authorization.
(2) Use the alternate I clause if agency procedures authorize the use of DD Form 1494, Application for Equipment Frequency Allocation, to obtain frequency authorization.
(c) Use the clause at 252.235-7010, Acknowledgement of Support and Disclaimer, in solicitations and contracts for research and development.
(d) Use the clause at 252.235-7011, Final Scientific or Technical Report, in solicitations and contracts for research and development.
(e) Use the clause at 252.235-7004, Protection of Human Subjects, in solicitations and contracts that include or may include research involving human subjects in accordance with 32 CFR Part 219, DoD Directive 3216.02, and 10 U.S.C. 980, including research that meets exemption criteria under 32 CFR 219.101(b). The clause—
(1) Applies to solicitations and contracts awarded by any DoD component, regardless of mission or funding Program Element Code; and
(2) Does not apply to use of cadaver materials alone, which are not directly regulated by 32 CFR Part 219 or DoD Directive 3216.02, and which are governed by other DoD policies and applicable State and local laws.
Sections it refers to
- 252.235-7002 Animal welfare.
- 252.235-7003 Frequency Authorization.
- 252.235-7010 Acknowledgment of support and disclaimer.
- 252.235-7011 Final scientific or technical report.
- 252.235-7004 Protection of Human Subjects.
Sections that refer to it
- 237.175 Training that uses live vertebrate animals.
- 252.235-7002 Animal welfare.
- 252.235-7004 Protection of Human Subjects.
- 252.235-7010 Acknowledgment of support and disclaimer.
- 252.235-7011 Final scientific or technical report.
← 235.071 Export-controlled items.
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.