34 CFR § 648.1 - What is the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s648.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 648.1 - What is the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "648.1"
section_name: "What is the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "648"
part_name: "GRADUATE ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED"
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. 1135-1135e, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 65842, Dec. 16, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "648"
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# 648.1 What is the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program?
The Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program provides fellowships through academic departments of institutions of higher education to assist graduate students of superior ability who demonstrate financial need.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135, 1135a)
[58 FR 65842, Dec. 16, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 13487, Mar. 18, 1999]