---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1161n–3"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1161n–3"
heading: "Demonstration and innovation projects; training and resource centers; and research"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1161n-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance"
  - "Subchapter IX — Additional Programs"
  - "Part N — Cooperative Education"
---

# §1161n–3. Demonstration and innovation projects; training and resource centers; and research

- (a) **Authorization—** From the amounts appropriated under [section 1161n–4 of this title](/usc/20/1161n–4.md), the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this section, to make grants and enter into contracts—
  - (1) from the amounts available in each fiscal year under [section 1161n–1(a)(3) of this title](/usc/20/1161n–1.md?p=a-3), for the conduct of demonstration projects designed to demonstrate or determine the effectiveness of innovative methods of [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b);
  - (2) from the amounts available in each fiscal year under [section 1161n–1(a)(4) of this title](/usc/20/1161n–1.md?p=a-4), for the conduct of training and resource centers designed to—
    - (A) train personnel in the field of [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b);
    - (B) improve materials used in [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b) programs if such improvement is conducted in conjunction with other activities described in this paragraph;
    - (C) provide technical assistance to institutions of higher education to increase the potential of the institution to continue to conduct a [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b) program without Federal assistance;
    - (D) encourage model [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b) programs that furnish education and training in occupations in which there is a national need;
    - (E) support partnerships under which an institution carrying out a comprehensive [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b) program joins with one or more institutions of higher education in order to—
      - (i) assist the institution that is not the institution carrying out the [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b) program to develop and expand an existing program of [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b); or
      - (ii) establish and improve or expand comprehensive [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b) programs; and
    - (F) encourage model [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b) programs in the fields of [science](/usc/20/1067k.md?p=4) and mathematics for women and [minorities](/usc/20/1067k.md?p=2) who are underrepresented in such fields; and
  - (3) from the amounts available in each fiscal year under [section 1161n–1(a)(5) of this title](/usc/20/1161n–1.md?p=a-5), for the conduct of research relating to [cooperative education](/usc/20/1161n.md?p=b).
- (b) **Administrative provision—**
  - (1) **In general—** To carry out this section, the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) may—
    - (A) make grants to or contracts with institutions of higher education or consortia of such institutions; and
    - (B) make grants to or contracts with other public or private [nonprofit](/usc/20/1003.md?p=13) agencies or organizations, whenever such grants or contracts will contribute to the objectives of this section.
  - (2) **Limitation—**
    - (A) **Contracts with institutions of higher education—** The [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) may use not more than three percent of the amount appropriated to carry out this section in each fiscal year to enter into contracts described in [paragraph (1)(A)](#b-1-A).
    - (B) **Contracts with other agencies or organizations—** The [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) may use not more than three percent of the amount appropriated to carry out this section in each fiscal year to enter into contracts described in [paragraph (1)(B)](#b-1-B).
- (c) **Supplement not supplant—** A recipient of a grant or contract under this section may use the funds provided only to supplement funds made available from non-Federal sources to carry out the activities supported by such grant or contract, and in no case to supplant such funds from non-Federal sources.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–329, title VIII, § 834, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VIII, § 801, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3419.)