---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 84.605"
title: "34"
number: "84.605"
heading: "Award."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/84.605"
---

# §84.605. Award.


Award means an award of financial assistance by the Department of Education or other Federal agency directly to a recipient.

- (a) **The term award includes—**
  - (1) **A Federal grant or cooperative agreement, in the form of money or property in lieu of money.**
  - (2) A block grant or a grant in an entitlement program, whether or not the grant is exempted from coverage under the Governmentwide rule [34 CFR Part 85](/cfr/34/part85.md) that implements OMB Circular A-102 (for availability, see [5 CFR 1310.3](/cfr/5/1310.3.md)) and specifies uniform administrative requirements.
- (b) **The term award does not include—**
  - (1) **Technical assistance that provides services instead of money.**
  - (2) **Loans.**
  - (3) **Loan guarantees.**
  - (4) **Interest subsidies.**
  - (5) **Insurance.**
  - (6) **Direct appropriations.**
  - (7) Veterans' benefits to individuals (i.e., any benefit to veterans, their families, or survivors by virtue of the service of a veteran in the Armed Forces of the United States).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O.s 12549 and 12689; 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1094, 1221e-3 and 3474; and Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3243 at 3327, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 66557, 66610, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.