[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: 7CFR3405.7]

[Page 345-346]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
                   SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3405_HIGHER EDUCATION CHALLENGE GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Program Description
 
Sec. 3405.7  Joint project proposals.

    Applicants are encouraged to submit joint project proposals as 
defined in Sec. 3405.2(m), which address regional or national problems 
and which will result overall in strengthening higher education in the 
food and agricultural sciences. The goals of such joint initiatives 
should include maximizing the use of limited resources by generating a 
critical mass of expertise and activity focused on a targeted need 
area(s),

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increasing cost-effectiveness through achieving economies of scale, 
strengthening the scope and quality of a project's impact, and promoting 
coalition building likely to transcend the project's lifetime and lead 
to future ventures.