[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: 34CFR648.2]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 648_GRADUATE ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 648.2  Who is eligible for a grant?



    (a) The Secretary awards grants to the following:

    (1) Any academic department of an institution of higher education 

that provides a course of study that--

    (i) Leads to a graduate degree in an area of national need; and

    (ii) Has been in existence for at least four years at the time of an 

application for a grant under this part.

    (2) An academic department of an institution of higher education 

that--

    (i) Satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of this section; 

and

    (ii) Submits a joint application with one or more eligible 

nondegree-granting institutions that have formal arrangements for the 

support of doctoral dissertation research with one or more degree-

granting institutions.

    (b) A formal arrangement under paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section 

is a written agreement between a degree-granting institution and an 

eligible nondegree-granting institution whereby the degree-granting 

institution accepts students from the eligible nondegree-granting 

institution as doctoral degree candidates with the intention of awarding 

these students doctorates in an area of national need.

    (c) The Secretary does not award a grant under this part for study 

at a school or department of divinity.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135, 1135a)



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