34 CFR § 647.3 - Who is eligible to participate in a McNair project?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s647.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 647.3 - Who is eligible to participate in a McNair project?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "647.3"
section_name: "Who is eligible to participate in a McNair project?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "647"
part_name: "RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-15, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 43989, Aug. 25, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "647"
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# 647.3 Who is eligible to participate in a McNair project?
A student is eligible to participate in a McNair project if the student meets all the following requirements:
(a)(1) Is a citizen or national of the United States; or
(2) Is a permanent resident of the United States; or
(3) Is in the United States for other than a temporary purpose and provides evidence from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of his or her intent to become a permanent resident; or
(4) Is a permanent resident of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; or
(5) Is a resident of one of the Freely Associated States.
(b) Is currently enrolled in a degree program at an institution of higher education that participates in the student financial assistance programs authorized under Title IV of the HEA.
(c) Is—
(1) A low-income individual who is a first-generation college student;
(2) A member of a group that is underrepresented in graduate education; or
(3) A member of a group that is not listed in § 647.7 if the group is underrepresented in certain academic disciplines as documented by standard statistical references or other national survey data submitted to and accepted by the Secretary on a case-by-case basis.
(d) Has not enrolled in doctoral level study at an institution of higher education.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-15)