FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 31: Contract Cost Principles and Procedures › Subpart 31.3
FAR 31.302 General.
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 points to the OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, subpart E and appendix III for the cost principles that apply to research and development, training, and other work performed by educational institutions under Government contracts. It matters to contractors because it tells them which cost principles govern when the contractor is an educational institution.
Applies to: Educational institutions (institutions of higher education) performing work under Government contracts
Key terms: OMB Uniform Guidance · 2 CFR part 200, subpart E · appendix III · educational institutions · institutions of higher education
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The text
The OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, subpart E and appendix III, provides principles for determining the costs applicable to research and development, training, and other work performed by educational institutions (defined as institutions of higher education in the OMB Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR part 200, subpart A, and 20 U.S.C. 1001) under contracts with the Government.
← 31.301 Purpose. · 31.303 Requirements. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 31
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments ↗ · final rule 2024-04-22 · effective 2024-05-22
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.