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34 CFR § 609.31 - How does the Secretary determine the amount of a grant? 

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s609.31"
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title: "34 CFR § 609.31 - How does the Secretary determine the amount of a grant?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "609.31"
section_name: "How does the Secretary determine the amount of a grant?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "609"
part_name: "STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK GRADUATE INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1060 through 1063c, and 1068 through 1068h, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 38717, July 20, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "609"
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# 609.31 How does the Secretary determine the amount of a grant?

Of the amount appropriated for any fiscal year—

(a)(1) The first $12,000,000 (or any lesser amount appropriated) shall be available only for the purpose of making grants to institutions or programs described in § 609.2(b)(1) through § 609.2(b)(5);

(2) If the sum of the approved applications does not exceed the amount appropriated, the Secretary awards grants in the amounts requested and approved;

(3) If the sum of the approved requests exceeds the sum appropriated, and Morehouse School of Medicine submits an approved request for at least $3,000,000, and the amount appropriated exceeds $3,000,000, the Secretary awards no less than $3,000,000 to Morehouse School of Medicine and reduces the grants to the institutions described in § 609.2(b)(1) through § 609.2(b)(5) as the Secretary considers appropriate, so that the sum of the approved grants equals the amount appropriated; and

(4) If Morehouse School of Medicine submits an approved request for at least $3,000,000 and the amount appropriated does not exceed $3,000,000, Morehouse School of Medicine receives all the appropriated funds; and

(b)(1) Any amount appropriated in excess of $12,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of making grants, in equal amounts not to exceed $500,000, to institutions or programs described in § 609.2(b)(6) through § 609.2(b)(16); and

(2) If any funds remain, the Secretary makes grants to institutions or programs described in § 609.2(b)(1) through § 609.2(b)(16).

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1063b)