---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 637.2"
title: "34"
number: "637.2"
heading: "Who is eligible to receive a grant?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/637.2"
---

# §637.2. Who is eligible to receive a grant?


The following are eligible to receive a grant under this part:

- (a) **Public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education that—**
  - (1) Award baccalaureate degrees; and
  - (2) Qualify as minority institutions as defined in [§ 637.4](/cfr/34/637.4.md).
- (b) **Public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that—**
  - (1) Award associate degrees;
  - (2) Qualify as minority institutions as defined in [§ 637.4](/cfr/34/637.4.md);
  - (3) Have a curriculum that includes science or engineering subjects; and
  - (4) Enter into a partnership with public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering.
- (c) Nonprofit science-oriented organizations, professional scientific societies, and institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees that—
  - (1) Provide a needed service to a group of minority institutions; or
  - (2) Provide in-service training to project directors, scientists, and engineers from minority institutions; or
- (d) **A consortia of organizations, that provide needed services to one or more minority institutions.** The consortia membership may include—
  - (1) Institutions of higher education which have a curriculum in science or engineering;
  - (2) Institutions of higher education that have a graduate or professional program in science or engineering;
  - (3) Research laboratories of, or under the contract with, the Department of Energy;
  - (4) Private organizations that have science or engineering facilities; or
  - (5) **Quasi-governmental entities that have a significant scientific or engineering mission.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 7674, Feb. 15, 2000]

### 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.

### Amendments

[65 FR 7674, Feb. 15, 2000]