34 CFR § 664.13 - What is a group research or study project?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s664.13"
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title: "34 CFR § 664.13 - What is a group research or study project?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "664.13"
section_name: "What is a group research or study project?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "664"
part_name: "FULBRIGHT-HAYS GROUP PROJECTS ABROAD PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "63 FR 46366, Aug. 31, 1998, unless otherwise noted."
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# 664.13 What is a group research or study project?

(a)(1) A group research or study project is designed to permit a group of faculty of an institution of higher education and graduate and undergraduate students to undertake research or study in a foreign country.

(2) The period of research or study in a foreign country is generally from three to twelve months.

(b) As a prerequisite to participating in a research or training project, participants—

(1) Must possess the requisite language proficiency to conduct the research or study, and disciplinary competence in their area of research; and

(2) In a project of a semester or longer, shall have completed, at a minimum, one semester of intensive language training and one course in area studies relevant to the projects.

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6))