---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 664.13"
title: "34"
number: "664.13"
heading: "What is a group research or study project?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/664.13"
---

# §664.13. What is a group research or study project?

- (a)
  - (1) A group research or study project is designed to permit a group of faculty of an institution of higher education and graduate and undergraduate students to undertake research or study in a foreign country.
  - (2) **The period of research or study in a foreign country is generally from three to twelve months.**
- (b) **As a prerequisite to participating in a research or training project, participants—**
  - (1) Must possess the requisite language proficiency to conduct the research or study, and disciplinary competence in their area of research; and
  - (2) In a project of a semester or longer, shall have completed, at a minimum, one semester of intensive language training and one course in area studies relevant to the projects.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 46366, Aug. 31, 1998, unless otherwise noted.