14 CFR § 1259.401 - Responsibilities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s1259.401"
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title: "14 CFR § 1259.401 - Responsibilities."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "1259.401"
section_name: "Responsibilities."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "1259"
part_name: "NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM"
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authority: "Pub. L. 100-147, 101 Stat. 869-875; Sec. 3, Pub. L. 111-314, 124 Stat. 3382; 51 U.S.C. 40301-40311."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 19880, May 9, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1259.401 Responsibilities.

Each designated Space Grant college or consortium shall:

(a) Designate a Space Grant Program Director;

(b) Establish a Space Grant Office;

(c) Administer a fellowship program;

(d) Develop and implement programs of public service, interdisciplinary space-related programs, advisory activities, and cooperation with industry, research laboratories, state and local governments, and other colleges and universities, particularly institutions in their state and/or region with significantly large enrollments of minority students who are under-represented in science and technology; and

(e) Provide non-Federal matching funds (exclusive of in-kind contributions) for the Space Grant program equal to those provided by NASA.

[54 FR 19880, May 9, 1989, as amended at 82 FR 35441, July 31, 2017]