[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR609.4]

[Page 252]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 609_STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK GRADUATE INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM
--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 609.4  What definitions apply?

    (a) Definitions in EDGAR. The following terms used in this part are 
defined in 34 CFR 77.1:

Applicant
Application
Award
Budget
EDGAR
Equipment
Fiscal year
Grant period
Private
Project period
Public
Secretary

    (b) The following definition applies to a term used in this part:
    Qualified graduate program means a graduate or professional program 
that--
    (i) Provides a program of instruction in the physical or natural 
sciences, engineering, mathematics, or other scientific disciplines in 
which African Americans are underrepresented;
    (ii) Has been accredited or approved by a nationally recognized 
accrediting agency or association. (The Secretary publishes a list in 
the Federal Register of nationally recognized accrediting agencies and 
associations.); and
    (iii) Has students enrolled in that program when the institution 
offering the program applies for a grant under this part.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1063b and 1069c)