[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: 7CFR3406.4]

[Page 375]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
                   SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3406_1890 INSTITUTION CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Program Description
 
Sec. 3406.4  Purpose of the program.


    (a) The Department of Agriculture and the Nation depend upon sound 
programs in the food and agricultural sciences at the Nation's colleges 
and universities to produce well trained professionals for careers in 
the food and agricultural sciences. The capacity of institutions to 
offer suitable programs in the food and agricultural sciences to meet 
the Nation's need for a well trained work force in the food and 
agricultural sciences is a proper concern for the Department.
    (b) Historically, the Department has had a close relationship with 
the 1890 colleges and universities, including Tuskegee University. 
Through its role as administrator of the Second Morrill Act, the 
Department has borne the responsibility for helping these institutions 
develop to their fullest potential in order to meet the needs of 
students and the needs of the Nation.
    (c) The institutional capacity building grants program is intended 
to stimulate development of quality education and research programs at 
these institutions in order that they may better assist the Department, 
on behalf of the Nation, in its mission of providing a professional work 
force in the food and agricultural sciences.
    (d) This program is designed specifically to build the institutional 
teaching and research capacities of the 1890 land-grant institutions 
through cooperative programs with Federal and non-Federal entities. The 
program is competitive among the 1890 Institutions and encourages 
matching funds on the part of the States, private organizations, and 
other non-Federal entities to encourage expanded linkages with 1890 
Institutions as performers of research and education, and as developers 
of scientific and professional talent for the United States food and 
agricultural system. In addition, through this program, CSREES will 
strive to increase the overall pool of qualified job applicants from 
underrepresented groups in order to make significant progress toward 
achieving the objectives of work force diversity within the Federal 
Government, particularly the U.S. Department of Agriculture.