[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1259.101]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1259--NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart 1--Basic Policy
 
Sec. 1259.101  Definitions.

    For the purposes of this part, the following definitions shall 
apply:
    (a) Field related to space means any academic discipline or field of 
study (including the physical, natural and biological sciences, and 
engineering, space technology, education, economics, sociology, 
communications, planning, law, international affairs and public 
administration) which is concerned with or likely to improve the 
understanding, assessment, development and utilization of space.
    (b) Institution of higher education means any college or university 
in any State which:
    (1) Admits as regular students only individuals who have a 
certificate of graduation or equivalent from a secondary school;
    (2) Is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of 
education beyond secondary education;
    (3) Provides an educational program for which a bachelor's degree or 
other higher degree is awarded;
    (4) Is a public or other nonprofit institution; and
    (5) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or 
association.
    (c) National of the United States means a citizen of the United 
States or a native resident of a possession of the United States. It 
does not refer to or include a citizen of another country who has 
applied for United States citizenship.
    (d) Panel means the Space Grant Review Panel established pursuant to 
section 210 of the Act.
    (e) Person means any individual, public or private corporation, 
partnership or other association or entity (including any Space Grant 
college, Space Grant consortium, institution of higher education, 
institute or laboratory), or any State, political subdivision thereof, 
or agency or officer of a State or political subdivision thereof.
    (f) Space means aeronautical and space activities which has the 
meaning given to such term in section 103(1) of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2452).
    (g) Space Grant college means any public or private institution of 
higher education which is designated as such by the Administrator or 
designee pursuant to section 208 of the Act.
    (h) Space Grant regional consortium means any association or other 
alliance which is designated as such by the Administrator or designee 
pursuant to section 208 of the Act.
    (i) Space Grant program means any program which:
    (1) Is administered by any Space Grant college, Space Grant regional 
consortium, institution of higher education, institute, laboratory or 
State or local agency; and
    (2) Includes two or more projects involving education and one or 
more of the following activities in the fields related to space:
    (i) Research;
    (ii) Training; or
    (iii) Advisory services.
    (j) Space Grant program award means any award contemplated under 
section 206(a) of the Act.
    (k) Special Space Grant program award means any award extended under 
section 206(b) of the Act.
    (l) Specific national need grant means any award extended under 
section 207 of the Act.
    (m) State means any State of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and any 
other territory or possession of the United States.
    (n) State Space Grant cooperating institution means any institution 
of higher education in a State which does not have a designated Space 
Grant college that is named by the Administrator or designee to provide 
selected Space Grant program functions within that State.