Do the NSF grant conditions explicitly require awardees to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
The Nondiscrimination section of NSF’s General Grant Conditions (http://www.nsf.gov/awards/managing/general_conditions.jsp) subjects any award to the provisions of several civil rights statutes, including the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap by the Federal government, Federal contractors, and recipients of Federal financial assistance. If you receive an ARI-R2 award (or a typical NSF research award), you will fall into the category of a recipient of Federal financial assistance. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is, in fact, based on section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and its implementing regulations. The obligation to comply with the Rehabilitation Act also applies to subrecipients, subgrantees, and subcontractors under the award. Thus, all renovations/repairs completed in connection with an ARI-R2 award must be compliant with the Rehabilitation Act. Although the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act and the ADA are quite similar,
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