---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 657.22"
title: "34"
number: "657.22"
heading: "What priorities may the Secretary establish?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/657.22"
---

# §657.22. What priorities may the Secretary establish?

- (a) The Secretary may establish one or more of the following priorities for the allocation of fellowships:
  - (1) Instruction, training, or research in specific languages or all languages related to specific world areas.
  - (2) Programs of language instruction with stated performance goals for functional foreign language use or that are developing such performance goals.
  - (3) **Instruction, training, or research related to specific world areas.**
  - (4) **Academic terms, such as academic year or summer.**
  - (5) **Levels of language offerings.**
  - (6) **Academic disciplines, such as linguistics or sociology.**
  - (7) **Professional studies, such as business, law, or education.**
  - (8) Instruction, training, or research in particular subjects, such as population growth and planning or international trade and business.
  - (9) Specific areas of national need for expertise in foreign languages and world areas derived from the consultation with Federal agencies on areas of national need.
  - (10) **A combination of any of these categories.**
- (b) The Secretary announces any priorities in the application notice published in the Federal Register.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122 and 1132-3, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 68763, Aug. 27, 2024, unless otherwise noted.