[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 34, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 34CFR411.1] [Page 79-80] TITLE 34--EDUCATION CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PART 411_VOCATIONAL EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Sec. 411.1 What is the Vocational Education Research Program? Subpart A_General Sec. 411.1 What is the Vocational Education Research Program? 411.2 Who is eligible for an award? 411.3 What activities may the Secretary fund? 411.4 What regulations apply? 411.5 What definitions apply? Subpart B [Reserved] [[Page 80]] Subpart C_How Does the Secretary Make a Grant? 411.20 How does the Secretary evaluate an application? 411.21 What selection criteria does the Secretary use? 411.22 What additional factors may the Secretary consider? 411.23 How does the Secretary evaluate unsolicited applications? 411.24 How does the Secretary select an unsolicited application for funding? Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2401 and 2402, unless otherwise noted. Source: 57 FR 36776, Aug. 14, 1992, unless otherwise noted. The Vocational Education Research Program is designed to-- (a) Improve access to vocational educational programs for individuals with disabilities, individuals who are disadvantaged, men and women who are entering nontraditional occupations, adults who are in need of retraining, single parents, displaced homemakers, single pregnant women, individuals with limited English proficiency, and individuals who are incarcerated in correctional institutions; (b) Support research and development activities that make the United States more competitive in the world economy by developing more fully the academic and occupational skills of all segments of the population by concentrating resources on improving educational programs leading to academic and occupational skill competencies needed to work in a technologically advanced society; (c) Improve the competitive process by which research projects are awarded; (d) Encourage the dissemination of findings of research projects assisted under the Act to all States; and (e) Support research activities that are readily applicable to the vocational education setting and are of practical application to vocational education administrators, counselors, instructors, and others involved in vocational education. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2401)