FAR Part 35 Research and Development Contracting

Part Federal Acquisition Regulation

Part facts

Citation: FAR Part 35
Type: Part
Last amended: 87 FR 73894 Effective Dec 30, 2022
Proposed changes: 1
Text as of: FAC 2026-01
Official text: acquisition.gov

Text from acquisition.gov. Federal Register history from the Federal Register's records of the rules that amended this part.

35.000 Scope of part
35.001 Definitions
35.002 General
35.003 Policy
35.004 Publicizing requirements and expanding research and development sources
35.005 Work statement
35.006 Contracting methods and contract type
35.007 Solicitations
35.008 Evaluation for award
35.009 Subcontracting research and development effort
35.010 Scientific and technical reports
35.011 Data
35.012 Patent rights
35.013 Insurance
35.014 Government property and title
35.015 Contracts for research with educational institutions and nonprofit organizations
35.016 Broad agency announcement
35.017 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
- 35.017-1 Sponsoring agreements
- 35.017-2 Establishing or changing an FFRDC
- 35.017-3 Using an FFRDC
- 35.017-4 Reviewing FFRDC’s
- 35.017-5 Terminating an FFRDC
- 35.017-6 Master list of FFRDC’s
- 35.017-7 Limitation on the creation of new FFRDC’s

Federal Register history

Final rule	Published	Effective
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update to Title 10 Citations 87 FR 73894 · FAC 2023-01	Dec 1, 2022	Dec 30, 2022
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Governmentwide and Other Interagency Contracts 84 FR 19837 · FAC 2019-02	May 6, 2019	Jun 5, 2019
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Technical Amendments 80 FR 53439 · FAC 2005-84	Sep 3, 2015	Sep 3, 2015
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Preventing Abuse of Interagency Contracts 77 FR 183 · FAC 2005-55	Jan 3, 2012	Feb 2, 2012
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Preventing Abuse of Interagency Contracts 75 FR 77733 · FAC 2005-47	Dec 13, 2010	Dec 13, 2010
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2004-025, Government Property 72 FR 27364 · FAC 2005-17	May 15, 2007	Jun 14, 2007
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Electronic Commerce in Federal Procurement 68 FR 56676 · FAC 2001-16	Oct 1, 2003	Oct 1, 2003
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Geographic Use of the Term “United States” 68 FR 28079 · FAC 2001-14	May 22, 2003	Jun 23, 2003
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Definitions for Sealed Bid and Negotiated Procurements 67 FR 13054 · FAC 2001-06	Mar 20, 2002	Apr 4, 2002
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Electronic Commerce in Federal Procurement 66 FR 27407 · FAC 97-26	May 16, 2001	May 16, 2001
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Definitions 66 FR 2117 · FAC 97-22	Jan 10, 2001	Mar 12, 2001
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Rescission of Office of Federal Procurement Policy Letters 65 FR 36014 · FAC 97-18	Jun 6, 2000	Jun 6, 2000
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Subcontract Consent 63 FR 34059 · FAC 97-05	Jun 22, 1998	Not on record
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Office of Federal Procurement Policy Letter 93-1, Management Oversight of Service Contracting 62 FR 12693 · FAC 90-46	Mar 17, 1997	May 16, 1997

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Proposed changes

Proposed rule	Published	Comments
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul Parts 16, 17, and 35 91 FR 59476 · FAR Case 2026-006, Docket No. FAR-2026-0006, Sequence No. 1	Sep 18, 2026	Closed Oct 19, 2026No final rule found

Quick answers

What is FAR Part 35?

FAR Part 35 is a part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, titled "Research and Development Contracting".

When was FAR Part 35 last changed?

The most recent final rule on record is "Federal Acquisition Regulation: Update to Title 10 Citations" (87 FR 73894), published Dec 1, 2022 and effective Dec 30, 2022.

Are changes to FAR Part 35 proposed?

One proposed change has no final rule yet.

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