20 USC 1067g - Eligibility for grants

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 18, 2025

§ 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)

(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.

(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.)

cite as: 20 USC 1067g