[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR917.11]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 917--NATIONAL SEA GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart B--Sea Grant Matched Funding Program
 
Sec. 917.11  Guidelines for Sea Grant Fellowships.

    (a) Sea Grant Fellowships are designed to provide educational and 
training assistance to qualified individuals at the undergraduate and 
graduate levels of education in fields related to ocean and coastal 
resources. The objective of the program is to increase the national 
supply of individuals educated

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and trained in the assessment, development, utilization, and 
conservation of ocean and coastal resources. The purpose of this section 
is to provide guidelines regarding the content of applications for Sea 
Grant Fellowship funding.
    (b) Funding will be made to eligible entities (see Sec. 917.10 of 
this part) that are selected to award and administer Sea Grant 
Fellowships. Fellowships will not be awarded directly to students by the 
Office of Sea Grant. The entity receiving Fellowship funding will select 
the students to be awarded the Fellowships and will handle the 
administration of the Fellowships.
    (c) Proposals for Fellowship funding will be expected to address (1) 
the nature and focus of the proposed Fellowship Program, (2) the 
utilization of institutional or other appropriate resources in the 
education and training of Sea Grant Fellows, (3) the method of 
advertising availability of the Fellowships, (4) the method of selection 
of recipients, and (5) the terms of tenure and method of determining 
continuity of tenure.
    (d) Innovation and uniqueness will be significant factors in the 
determination of which proposals will be funded. Another factor 
considered will be the potential of the proposed program to stimulate 
interest in marine related careers among those individuals; for example, 
minorities, women, and the handicapped whose previous background or 
training might not have generated such an interest.
    (e) The total amount that may be provided for grants under the Sea 
Grant Fellowship Program during any fiscal year cannot exceed an amount 
equal to five percent of the total funds appropriated for the Matched 
Funding Program for that year. Fellowship programs are subject to the 
requirement of a minimum of 33\1/3\ percent matching funds from non-
Federal sources to which all Matched Funding Program projects are 
subject. Indirect costs are not allowable for either the Fellowships or 
for any costs associated with the Fellowships.

Considering the variations in the cost-of-living and the differences in 
tuition, fees, etc., between one college or university and another, the 
amount of money requested and awarded per Fellowship may vary.