# § 1133. Purpose
It is the purpose of this subchapter—
**(1)** to authorize national graduate fellowship programs—
**(A)** in order to attract students of superior ability and achievement, exceptional promise, and demonstrated financial need, into high-quality graduate programs and provide the students with the financial support necessary to complete advanced degrees; and
**(B)** that are designed to—
**(i)** sustain and enhance the capacity for graduate education in areas of national need, including those areas critical to United States national and homeland security needs, such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and
**(ii)** encourage talented students to pursue scholarly careers in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts; and
**(2)** to promote postsecondary programs.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 700, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VII, § 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1786; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 701, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3345.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
Prior sections 1133 to 1133c, which comprised a prior subchapter VIII of this chapter, were repealed by , title VII, § 702, , , 1803, effective .
Section 1133, , as added , , ; amended , , , stated purpose of former subchapter VIII of this chapter and defined “cooperative education”.
Another prior section 1133, , as added , , ; amended , (b), title XIII, § 1391(a)(1), , , 1482, 1503, authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1976 to 1985 for grants and contracts for cooperative education, prior to the general amendment of subchapter VIII of this chapter by .
Another prior section 1133, , as added , , ; amended , , , authorized projects and grants for sharing educational and related resources by institutions of higher education, prior to the general amendment of subchapter VIII of this chapter by .
Section 1133a, , as added , , ; amended , , ; , , , authorized appropriations for former subchapter VIII of this chapter.
Another prior section 1133a, , as added , , ; amended , (d), title XIII, § 1391(a)(1), , , 1503, authorized grants for programs of cooperative education, prior to the general amendment of subchapter VIII of this chapter by .
Another prior section 1133a, , as added , , ; amended , , , authorized appropriations for projects and grants for sharing educational and related resources, prior to the general amendment of subchapter VIII of this chapter by .
Section 1133b, , as added , , ; amended , , ; , (26), , , authorized grants for cooperative education.
Another prior section 1133b, , as added , , ; amended , , , authorized grants and contracts for training and research related to cooperative education, prior to the general amendment of subchapter VIII of this chapter by .
Another prior section 1133b, , as added , , , authorized free or reduced rates for sharing educational or related resources by institutions of higher education, prior to the general amendment of subchapter VIII of this chapter by .
Section 1133c, , as added , , , authorized grants and contracts for demonstration and innovation projects, training and resource centers, and research.
### Amendments
2008—Par. (1)(B)(i). inserted “, including those areas critical to United States national and homeland security needs, such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics” before semicolon.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Continuation of Chapter 21 Programs
> “The programs authorized by title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 [this subchapter] shall be deemed to be a continuation of the comparable programs authorized by the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 [former section 701 et seq. of this title].”
, , , provided that: