[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: 7CFR3402.5]

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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 B_Program Description
 
Sec. 3402.5  Overview of National Needs Graduate and Postdoctoral 
Fellowship Grants Program.

    (a) The program will provide funds for a limited number of grants to 
support graduate student stipends and

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cost-of-education institutional allowances. These grants will be awarded 
competitively to eligible institutions. In order to encourage the 
development of special activities that are expected to contribute to 
Fellows' advanced degree objectives, the program will also provide 
competitive, special international study or thesis/dissertation research 
travel allowances for a limited number of USDA Graduate Fellows. To 
encourage academic institutions to provide additional training/mentoring 
to outstanding USDA Graduate Fellows who have completed their doctoral 
degrees, the program will also provide postdoctoral Fellowship grants to 
a limited number of USDA Graduate Fellows.
    (b) Based on the amount of funds appropriated in any fiscal year, 
HEP will determine:
    (1) Whether new competitions for graduate Fellowships, postdoctoral 
Fellowships, and/or special international study or thesis/dissertation 
research travel allowances will be held during that fiscal year;
    (2) The degree level(s) to be supported--master's, doctoral and/or 
postdoctoral;
    (3) The proportion of appropriations to be targeted for Fellowship 
stipends for each respective degree level supported;
    (4) The proportion of appropriations to be targeted for the cost-of-
education institutional allowances for each respective degree level 
supported;
    (5) The proportion of appropriations to be targeted for the special 
international study or thesis/dissertation research travel allowances 
for each respective degree level supported;
    (6) The allowable stipend amount for each respective degree level 
supported, the cost-of-education institutional allowance for each 
respective degree level supported, and the maximum funds available for 
each special international study or thesis/dissertation research travel 
allowance for each respective degree level supported;
    (7) The activities for which the cost-of-education allowance may be 
used for awards made in that year; and
    (8) The maximum total funds that may be awarded to an institution 
under the program in a given fiscal year.
    (c) HEP will also determine:
    (1) The maximum number of national needs areas for which funding may 
be requested in a single application;
    (2) The degree levels for which funding may be requested in a single 
application;
    (3) The minimum and maximum number of fellowships for which an 
institution may apply in a single application; and
    (4) The limits on the total number of applications that can be 
submitted by an institution, college, school, or other administrative 
unit.
    (d) These determinations will be published as a part of the 
solicitation, which will be available at http://www.grants.gov.