34 CFR § 637.2 - Who is eligible to receive a grant?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s637.2"
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title: "34 CFR § 637.2 - Who is eligible to receive a grant?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "637.2"
section_name: "Who is eligible to receive a grant?"
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"
last_updated: "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."
cfr_part: "637"
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# 637.2 Who is eligible to receive a grant?

The following are eligible to receive a grant under this part:

(a) Public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education that—

(1) Award baccalaureate degrees; and

(2) Qualify as minority institutions as defined in § 637.4.

(b) Public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that—

(1) Award associate degrees;

(2) Qualify as minority institutions as defined in § 637.4;

(3) Have a curriculum that includes science or engineering subjects; and

(4) Enter into a partnership with public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering.

(c) Nonprofit science-oriented organizations, professional scientific societies, and institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees that—

(1) Provide a needed service to a group of minority institutions; or

(2) Provide in-service training to project directors, scientists, and engineers from minority institutions; or

(d) A consortia of organizations, that provide needed services to one or more minority institutions. The consortia membership may include—

(1) Institutions of higher education which have a curriculum in science or engineering;

(2) Institutions of higher education that have a graduate or professional program in science or engineering;

(3) Research laboratories of, or under the contract with, the Department of Energy;

(4) Private organizations that have science or engineering facilities; or

(5) Quasi-governmental entities that have a significant scientific or engineering mission.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067g)

[65 FR 7674, Feb. 15, 2000]