20 USC § 1067g - Eligibility for grants

# § 1067g. Eligibility for grants

Eligibility to receive grants under this part is limited to—

**(1)** public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education that—

**(A)** award baccalaureate degrees; and

**(B)** are minority institutions;

**(2)** public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that—

**(A)** award associate degrees; and

**(B)** are minority institutions that—

**(i)** have a curriculum that includes science or engineering subjects; and

**(ii)** enter into a partnership with public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering;

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

**(A)** provide a needed service to a group of minority institutions; or

**(B)** provide in-service training for project directors, scientists, and engineers from minority institutions;

**(4)** consortia of organizations, that provide needed services to one or more minority institutions, the membership of which may include—

**(A)** public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education which have a curriculum in science or engineering;

**(B)** institutions of higher education that have a graduate or professional program in science or engineering;

**(C)** research laboratories of, or under contract with, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, or the National Institutes of Health;

**(D)** relevant offices of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation, and National Institute of Standards and Technology;

**(E)** quasi-governmental entities that have a significant scientific or engineering mission; or

**(F)** institutions of higher education that have State-sponsored centers for research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; or

**(5)** only with respect to grants under subpart 2, partnerships of organizations, the membership of which shall include—

**(A)** at least one institution of higher education eligible for assistance under this subchapter or subchapter V;

**(B)** at least one high-need local educational agency (as defined in section 1021 of this title); and

**(C)** at least two community organizations or entities, such as businesses, professional associations, community-based organizations, philanthropic organizations, or State agencies.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 361, formerly title X, § 1041, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title X, § 1002, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1564; renumbered title III, § 361, and amended Pub. L. 105–244, title III, §§ 301(a)(5), (7), (b), (c)(9), 307(b), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1636, 1637, 1648; Pub. L. 110–315, title III, § 315(b), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3184.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to renumbering by .

### Amendments

2008—Par. (3)(B). , struck out “or” at end.

Par. (4)(A). , substituted “public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education” for “institutions of higher education”.

Par. (4)(C). , inserted “, the Department of Defense, or the National Institutes of Health” before the semicolon.

Par. (4)(D). , added subpar. (D) and struck out former subpar. (D) which read as follows: “private organizations that have science or engineering facilities; or”.

Par. (4)(F). , (E), added subpar. (F).

Par. (5). , added par. (5).

1998—, amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Eligibility to receive grants under this part is limited to—

“(1) public and private nonprofit institutions that are minority institutions (as defined in ); and

“(2) nonprofit science-oriented organizations, professional scientific societies, and all nonprofit, accredited colleges and universities which provide a needed service to a group of eligible minority institutions or which provide in-service training for project directors, scientists, and engineers from eligible minority institutions.”

Par. (1). , substituted “section 1067k(3)” for “section 1135d–5(3)”.

, inserted “and” after the semicolon.

Par. (2). , substituted a period for “; and”.

Par. (3). , struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “for the purposes of , public and private nonprofit institutions that have at least 10 percent minority enrollment.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except as otherwise provided in , see , set out as a note under .