[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: 34CFR647.1] [Page 324] TITLE 34--EDUCATION CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PART 647_RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Sec. 647.1 What is the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program? Subpart A_General Sec. 647.1 What is the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program? 647.2 Who is eligible for a grant? 647.3 Who is eligible to participate in a McNair project? 647.4 What activities and services may a project provide? 647.5 How long is a project period? 647.6 What regulations apply? 647.7 What definitions apply? Subpart B_Assurances 647.10 What assurances must an applicant submit? Subpart C_How Does the Secretary Make a Grant? 647.20 How does the Secretary decide which new grants to make? 647.21 What selection criteria does the Secretary use? 647.22 How does the Secretary evaluate prior experience? 647.23 How does the Secretary set the amount of a grant? Subpart D_What Conditions Must Be Met by a Grantee? 647.30 What are allowable costs? 647.31 What are unallowable costs? 647.32 What other requirements must a grantee meet? Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-15, unless otherwise noted. Source: 59 FR 43989, Aug. 25, 1994, unless otherwise noted. The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program--referred to in these regulations as the McNair program--awards grants to institutions of higher education for projects designed to provide disadvantaged college students with effective preparation for doctoral study. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-15)