[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 7, Volume 15] [Revised as of January 1, 2008] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 7CFR3405.7] [Page 360-361] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 3405_HIGHER EDUCATION CHALLENGE GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents Subpart B_Program Description Sec. 3405.7 Joint project proposals. Applicants are encouraged to submit joint project proposals as defined in Sec. 3405.2(m), which address regional or national problems and which will result overall in strengthening higher education in the food and agricultural [[Page 361]] sciences. The goals of such joint initiatives should include maximizing the use of limited resources by generating a critical mass of expertise and activity focused on a targeted need area(s), increasing cost- effectiveness through achieving economies of scale, strengthening the scope and quality of a project's impact, and promoting coalition building likely to transcend the project's lifetime and lead to future ventures.