34 CFR § 637.15 - What are cooperative projects?

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title: "34 CFR § 637.15 - What are cooperative projects?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "637.15"
section_name: "What are cooperative projects?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "637"
part_name: "MINORITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1067-1067c, 1067g-1067k, 1068, 1068b, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 51204, Oct. 16, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 637.15 What are cooperative projects?

(a) Cooperative project grants assist groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities to work together to conduct a science improvement project.

(b) Activities that the Secretary may fund under cooperative projects include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Assisting institutions in sharing facilities and personnel;

(2) Disseminating information about established programs in science and engineering;

(3) Supporting cooperative efforts to strengthen the institutions' science and engineering programs; and

(4) Carrying out a combination of any of the activities in paragraphs (c)(1)-(3) of this section.

(c) Eligible applicants for cooperative projects are groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities whose primary fiscal agent is an eligible minority institution as defined in § 637.4(b).

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067-1067c, 1067g-1067k, 1068, and 1068b)