[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR637.2]

[Page 286-287]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 637_MINORITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM--Table of 
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 637.2  Who is eligible to receive a grant?

    The following are eligible to receive a grant under this part:
    (a) Public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education 
that--
    (1) Award baccalaureate degrees; and
    (2) Qualify as minority institutions as defined in Sec. 637.4.
    (b) Public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education 
that--
    (1) Award associate degrees;
    (2) Qualify as minority institutions as defined in Sec. 637.4;
    (3) Have a curriculum that includes science or engineering subjects; 
and
    (4) Enter into a partnership with public or private nonprofit 
institutions of

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higher education that award baccalaureate degrees in science and 
engineering.
    (c) Nonprofit science-oriented organizations, professional 
scientific societies, and institutions of higher education that award 
baccalaureate degrees that--
    (1) Provide a needed service to a group of minority institutions; or
    (2) Provide in-service training to project directors, scientists, 
and engineers from minority institutions; or
    (d) A consortia of organizations, that provide needed services to 
one or more minority institutions. The consortia membership may 
include--
    (1) Institutions of higher education which have a curriculum in 
science or engineering;
    (2) Institutions of higher education that have a graduate or 
professional program in science or engineering;
    (3) Research laboratories of, or under the contract with, the 
Department of Energy;
    (4) Private organizations that have science or engineering 
facilities; or
    (5) Quasi-governmental entities that have a significant scientific 
or engineering mission.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067g)

[65 FR 7674, Feb. 15, 2000]