15 CFR § 255.6 - Duration of fellowships.

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title: "15 CFR § 255.6 - Duration of fellowships."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "255.6"
section_name: "Duration of fellowships."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATES"
part_number: "255"
part_name: "FELLOWSHIPS IN LABORATORY STANDARDIZATION AND TESTING FOR QUALIFIED CITIZENS OF OTHER AMERICAN REPUBLICS"
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authority: "R.S. 161; sec. 1, 53 Stat. 1290; 22 U.S.C. 501."
regulatory_source: "13 FR 8374, Dec. 28, 1948, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "255"
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# 255.6 Duration of fellowships.

Fellowships may be awarded for periods of varying length, not exceeding one 12-month period of actual training and research and may be extended for not exceeding the same periods in the manner prescribed under § 255.3 and subject to the availability of appropriations. Fellowships may be cancelled for cause by the Director of the National Institute of Standards & Technology, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of State, or the duly authorized representative of the Secretary of State.

[13 FR 8374, Dec. 28, 1948, as amended at 55 FR 38316, Sept. 18, 1990]