7 CFR § 3406.3 - Institutional eligibility.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s3406.3"
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title: "7 CFR § 3406.3 - Institutional eligibility."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "3406.3"
section_name: "Institutional eligibility."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "3406"
part_name: "1890 INSTITUTION CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 1470, National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3316)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 39331, July 22, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3406"
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# 3406.3 Institutional eligibility.

Proposals may be submitted by any of the 16 historically black 1890 land-grant institutions and Tuskegee University. The 1890 land-grant institutions are: Alabama A&M University; University of Arkansas—Pine Bluff; Delaware State University; Florida A&M University; Fort Valley State College; Kentucky State University; Southern University and A&M College; University of Maryland—Eastern Shore; Alcorn State University; Lincoln University; North Carolina A&T State University; Langston University; South Carolina State University; Tennessee State University; Prairie View A&M University; and Virginia State University. An institution eligible to receive an award under this program includes a research foundation maintained by an 1890 land-grant institution or Tuskegee University.