[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: 34CFR656.1]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

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

 

PART 656_NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND 

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 656.1  What is the National Resource Centers Program?



AREA STUDIES OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES--Table 

of Contents









                            Subpart A_General



Sec.

656.1 What is the National Resource Centers Program?

656.2 Who is eligible to receive a grant?

656.3 What activities define a comprehensive or undergraduate National 

          Resource Center?

656.4 What types of Centers receive grants?

656.5 What activities may be carried out?

656.6 What regulations apply?

656.7 What definitions apply?



                Subpart B_How Does One Apply for a Grant?



656.10 What combined application may an institution submit?



             Subpart C_How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?



656.20 How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

656.21 What selection criteria does the Secretary use to evaluate an 

          application for a comprehensive Center?

656.22 What selection criteria does the Secretary use to evaluate an 

          application for an undergraduate Center?

656.23 What priorities may the Secretary establish?



           Subpart D_What Conditions Must Be Met by a Grantee?



656.30 What are allowable costs and limitations on allowable costs?



    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122, unless otherwise noted.



    Source: 61 FR 50193, Sept. 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted.







    Under the National Resource Centers Program for Foreign Language and 

Areas Studies or Foreign Language and International Studies (National 

Resource Centers Program), the Secretary awards grants to institutions 

of higher education and combinations of institutions to establish, 

strengthen, and operate comprehensive and undergraduate Centers that 

will be national resources for--

    (a) Teaching of any modern foreign language;

    (b) Instruction in fields needed to provide full understanding of 

areas, regions, or countries in which the modern foreign language is 

commonly used;

    (c) Research and training in international studies and the 

international and foreign language aspects of professional and other 

fields of study; and

    (d) Instruction and research on issues in world affairs that concern 

one or more countries.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122)



[61 FR 50193, Sept. 24, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 7739, Feb. 16, 1999]