[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: 7CFR3402.3]

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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. 3402.3  Institutional eligibility.

    Applications may be submitted by land-grant colleges and 
universities, by colleges and universities having significant minority 
enrollments and a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of 
food and agricultural sciences, and by other colleges and universities 
having a demonstrable capacity to carry out the teaching of food and 
agricultural sciences. All applicants must be institutions that confer a 
graduate degree in at least one area of the food and agricultural 
sciences targeted for National Needs Fellowships, that have a 
significant on-going commitment to the food and agricultural sciences 
generally, and that have a significant ongoing commitment to the 
specific subject area for which a grant application is made. It is the 
objective to award grants to colleges and universities which have 
notable teaching and research competencies in the food and agricultural 
sciences. The Graduate Fellowships are specifically intended to support 
programs that encourage outstanding students to pursue and complete a 
graduate degree at such institutions in an area of the food and 
agricultural sciences for which there is a national need for the 
development of scientific and professional expertise. The postdoctoral 
Fellowships are designed to support academic programs that provide 
additional training and mentoring to USDA Graduate Fellows and have 
notable teaching and research competencies in the CSREES designated 
national need areas. Institutions which currently have excellent 
programs of graduate study and training in the food and agricultural 
sciences dealing with targeted national needs are particularly 
encouraged to apply for all National Needs Fellowships.