[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR648.2]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 648--GRADUATE ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 648.2  Who is eligible for a grant?

    (a) The Secretary awards grants to the following:
    (1) Any academic department of an institution of higher education 
that provides a course of study that--
    (i) Leads to a graduate degree in an area of national need; and
    (ii) Has been in existence for at least four years at the time of an 
application for a grant under this part.
    (2) An academic department of an institution of higher education 
that--
    (i) Satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section; 
and
    (ii) Submits a joint application with one or more eligible 
nondegree-granting institutions that have formal arrangements for the 
support of doctoral dissertation research with one or more degree-
granting institutions.
    (b) A formal arrangement under paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section 
is a written agreement between a degree-granting institution and an 
eligible nondegree-granting institution whereby the degree-granting 
institution accepts students from the eligible nondegree-granting 
institution as doctoral degree candidates with the intention of awarding 
these students doctorates in an area of national need.
    (c) The Secretary does not award a grant under this part for study 
at a school or department of divinity.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135, 1135a)