[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR917.11]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                               OF COMMERCE

 

PART 917_NATIONAL SEA GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart B_Sea Grant Matched Funding Program

 

Sec. 917.11  Guidelines for Sea Grant Fellowships.



    (a) Sea Grant Fellowships are designed to provide educational and 

training assistance to qualified individuals at the undergraduate and 

graduate levels of education in fields related to ocean and coastal 

resources. The objective of the program is to increase the national 

supply of individuals educated and trained in the assessment, 

development, utilization, and conservation of ocean and coastal 

resources. The purpose of this section is to provide guidelines 

regarding the content of applications for Sea Grant Fellowship funding.

    (b) Funding will be made to eligible entities (see Sec. 917.10 of 

this part) that are selected to award and administer Sea Grant 

Fellowships. Fellowships will not be awarded directly to students by the 

Office of Sea Grant. The entity receiving Fellowship funding will select 

the students to be awarded the Fellowships and will handle the 

administration of the Fellowships.

    (c) Proposals for Fellowship funding will be expected to address (1) 

the nature and focus of the proposed Fellowship Program, (2) the 

utilization of institutional or other appropriate resources in the 

education and training of Sea Grant Fellows, (3) the method of 

advertising availability of the Fellowships, (4) the method of selection 

of recipients, and (5) the terms of tenure and method of determining 

continuity of tenure.

    (d) Innovation and uniqueness will be significant factors in the 

determination of which proposals will be funded. Another factor 

considered will be the potential of the proposed program to stimulate 

interest in marine related careers among those individuals; for example, 

minorities, women, and the handicapped whose previous background or 

training might not have generated such an interest.

    (e) The total amount that may be provided for grants under the Sea 

Grant Fellowship Program during any fiscal year cannot exceed an amount 

equal to five percent of the total funds appropriated for the Matched 

Funding Program for that year. Fellowship programs are subject to the 

requirement of a minimum of 33\1/3\ percent matching funds from non-

Federal sources to which all Matched Funding Program projects are 

subject. Indirect costs are not allowable for either the Fellowships or 

for any costs associated with the Fellowships.



Considering the variations in the cost-of-living and the differences in 

tuition, fees, etc., between one college or university and another, the 

amount of money requested and awarded per Fellowship may vary.