[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3402.1]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
                   SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3402_FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES NATIONAL NEEDS GRADUATE AND 
POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A_General Introduction
 
Sec. 3402.1  Applicability of regulations.




                     Subpart A_General Introduction

Sec.
3402.1 Applicability of regulations.
3402.2 Definitions.
3402.3 Institutional eligibility.

                      Subpart B_Program Description

3402.4 Food and agricultural sciences areas targeted for National Needs 
          Graduate

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          and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants Program support.
3402.5 Overview of National Needs Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship 
          Grants Program.
3402.6 Overview of the special international study and/or thesis/
          dissertation research travel allowance.
3402.7 Fellowship appointments.
3402.8 Fellowship activities.
3402.9 Financial provisions.

                 Subpart C_Preparation of an Application

3402.10 Application package.
3402.11 Proposal cover page.
3402.12 Project summary.
3402.13 National need narrative.
3402.14 Budget and budget narrative.
3402.15 Faculty vitae.
3402.16 Appendix.

          Subpart D_Submission and Evaluation of an Application

3402.17 Where to submit an application.
3402.18 Evaluation criteria.

                   Subpart E_Supplementary Information

3402.19 Terms and conditions of grant awards.
3402.20 Other Federal statutes and regulations that apply.
3402.21 Confidential aspects of applications and awards.
3402.22 Access to peer review information.
3402.23 Documentation of progress on funded projects.
3402.24 Evaluation of program.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 3316.

    Source: 69 FR 62537, Oct. 26, 2004, unless otherwise noted.



    (a) The regulations of this part apply to competitive grants awarded 
under the provisions of section 1417(b)(6) of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended, 7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6). The Act designates the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) as the lead Federal agency for agricultural research, extension, 
and teaching in the food and agricultural sciences. Section 1417(b)(6) 
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, who has delegated the authority 
to the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service 
(CSREES), to make competitive grants to land-grant colleges and 
universities, colleges and universities having significant minority 
enrollments and a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of 
food and agricultural sciences, and to other colleges and universities 
having a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and 
agricultural sciences, to administer and conduct graduate and 
postdoctoral fellowship programs to help meet the Nation's needs for 
development of scientific and professional expertise in the food and 
agricultural sciences. The Graduate Fellowships are intended to 
encourage outstanding students to pursue and complete graduate degrees 
in the areas of food and agricultural sciences designated by CSREES 
through the Office of Higher Education Programs (HEP) as national needs. 
The postdoctoral Fellowships are intended to provide additional 
mentoring and training to outstanding USDA Graduate Fellows who 
completed their doctoral degrees no more than five (5) years before they 
begin the postdoctoral Fellowships.
    (b) The regulations of this part do not apply to grants awarded by 
the Department of Agriculture under any other authority.