---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3405.3"
title: "7"
number: "3405.3"
heading: "Institutional eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3405.3"
---

# §3405.3. Institutional eligibility.


Proposals may be submitted by land-grant and other U.S. colleges and universities offering a baccalaureate or first professional degree in at least one discipline or area of the food and agricultural sciences. Each applicant must have a demonstrable capacity for, and a significant ongoing commitment to, the teaching of food and agricultural sciences generally and to the specific need and/or subject area(s) for which a grant is requested. Awards may be made only to eligible institutions as defined in [§ 3405.2(i)](/cfr/7/3405.2.md?p=i).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1470, National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3316).

### Source

Source: 62 FR 39317, July 22, 1997, unless otherwise noted.