[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: 34CFR648.20]

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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 B_How Does an Institution of Higher Education Apply for a Grant?
 
Sec. 648.20  How does an institution of higher education apply for a grant?


    (a) To apply for a grant under this part, an institution of higher 
education shall submit an application that responds to the appropriate 
selection criteria in Sec. 648.31.
    (b) In addition, an application for a grant must--
    (1) Describe the current academic program for which the grant is 
sought;
    (2) Request a specific number of fellowships to be awarded on a 
full-time basis for the academic year covered under the grant in each 
academic field included in the application;
    (3) Set forth policies and procedures to ensure that in making 
fellowship awards under this part the institution will seek talented 
students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds;
    (4) Set forth policies and procedures to assure that in making 
fellowship awards under this part the institution will make awards to 
individuals who satisfy the requirements of Sec. 648.40;
    (5) Set forth policies and procedures to ensure that Federal funds 
made available under this part for any fiscal year will be used to 
supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the funds that 
otherwise would be made available for the purposes of this part and, in 
no case, to supplant those funds;
    (6) Provide assurances that the institution will provide the 
institutional matching contribution described in Sec. 648.7;
    (7) Provide assurances that, in the event that funds made available 
to the academic department under this part are insufficient to provide 
the assistance due a student under the commitment entered into between 
the academic department and the student, the academic department will, 
from any funds available to it, fulfill the commitment to the student;
    (8) Provide that the institution will comply with the requirements 
in subpart F; and
    (9) Provide assurances that the academic department will provide at 
least one year of supervised training in instruction to students 
receiving fellowships under this program.
    (c) In any application period, an academic department may not submit 
more than one application for new awards.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1840-0604)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135b)

[58 FR 65842, Dec. 16, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 13487, Mar. 18, 1999]