---
kind: "section"
citation: "23 C.F.R. § 260.103"
title: "23"
number: "260.103"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/23/260.103"
---

# §260.103. Definitions.


As used in this regulation, the following definitions apply:

- (a) **Candidate.** One who meets the eligibility criteria set forth in [§ 260.107](/cfr/23/260.107.md), and who has completed and submitted the necessary forms and documents in order to be considered for selection for a fellowship or scholarship.
- (b) **Direct educational expenses.** Those expenses directly related to attending school including tuition, student fees, books, and expendable supplies but excluding travel expenses to and from the school.
- (c) **Employing agency.** The agency for which the candidate works. This may be either a State or local highway/transportation agency or the FHWA.
- (d) **Fellowship.** The grant presented to the recipient's school and administered by the school to assist the candidate financially during the period of graduate study.
- (e) **Living stipend.** The portion of the fellowship or scholarship grant remaining after the direct educational expenses have been deducted.
- (f) **Local highway/transportation agency.** The agency or metropolitan planning organization with the responsibility for initiating and carrying forward a highway program or public transportation program utilizing highways at the local level, usually the city or county level.
- (g) **National Highway Institute (NHI).** The organization located within the FHWA responsible for the administration of the FHWA fellowship and scholarship grant programs.
- (h) **Recipient.** The successful candidate receiving a fellowship or scholarship.
- (i) **Scholarship.** The grant presented to the recipient's school and administered by the school to assist the candidate financially during the period of post-secondary study.
- (j) **State highway/transportation agency.** The agency with the responsibility for initiating and carrying forward a highway program or public transportation program utilizing highways at the State level.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 307(a), 315, 321 and 403; and 49 CFR 1.48(b).

### Source

Source: 43 FR 3558, Jan. 26, 1978, unless otherwise noted.