---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 637.15"
title: "34"
number: "637.15"
heading: "What are cooperative projects?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/637.15"
---

# §637.15. What are cooperative projects?

- (a) Cooperative project grants assist groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities to work together to conduct a science improvement project.
- (b) Activities that the Secretary may fund under cooperative projects include, but are not limited to, the following:
  - (1) Assisting institutions in sharing facilities and personnel;
  - (2) Disseminating information about established programs in science and engineering;
  - (3) Supporting cooperative efforts to strengthen the institutions' science and engineering programs; and
  - (4) **Carrying out a combination of any of the activities in paragraphs (c)(1)-(3) of this section.**
- (c) Eligible applicants for cooperative projects are groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities whose primary fiscal agent is an eligible minority institution as defined in [§ 637.4(b)](/cfr/34/637.4.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067-1067c, 1067g-1067k, 1068, 1068b, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 51204, Oct. 16, 1981, unless otherwise noted.