---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 648.2"
title: "34"
number: "648.2"
heading: "Who is eligible for a grant?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/648.2"
---

# §648.2. Who is eligible for a grant?

- (a) **The Secretary awards grants to the following—**
  - (1) **Any academic department of an institution of higher education that provides a course of study that—**
    - (i) Leads to a graduate degree in an area of national need; and
    - (ii) Has been in existence for at least four years at the time of an application for a grant under this part.
  - (2) **An academic department of an institution of higher education that—**
    - (i) Satisfies the requirements of [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section; and
    - (ii) Submits a joint application with one or more eligible nondegree-granting institutions that have formal arrangements for the support of doctoral dissertation research with one or more degree-granting institutions.
- (b) A formal arrangement under [paragraph (a)(2)(ii)](#a-2-ii) of this section is a written agreement between a degree-granting institution and an eligible nondegree-granting institution whereby the degree-granting institution accepts students from the eligible nondegree-granting institution as doctoral degree candidates with the intention of awarding these students doctorates in an area of national need.
- (c) **The Secretary does not award a grant under this part for study at a school or department of divinity.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135-1135e, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 65842, Dec. 16, 1993, unless otherwise noted.