[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: 34CFR648.3]

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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. 648.3  What activities may the Secretary fund?

    (a) The Secretary awards grants to institutions of higher education 
to fund fellowships in one or more areas of national need.
    (b)(1) For the purposes of this part, the Secretary designates areas 
of national need from the academic areas listed in the appendix to this 
part or from the resulting inter-disciplines.
    (2) The Secretary announces these areas of national need in a notice 
published in the Federal Register.

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