34 CFR § 648.5 - What is the amount of a grant?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s648.5"
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title: "34 CFR § 648.5 - What is the amount of a grant?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "648.5"
section_name: "What is the amount of a grant?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "648"
part_name: "GRADUATE ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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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# 648.5 What is the amount of a grant?

(a) The amount of a grant to an academic department may not be less than $100,000 and may not be more than $750,000 in a fiscal year.

(b) In any fiscal year, no academic department may receive more than $750,000 as an aggregate total of new and continuing grants.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135)