CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 600 to 694) > PART 637—MINORITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM > SUBPART B—What Kinds of Projects Does the Secretary Assist Under This Program? (§637.11 to §637.15) > 637.15—What are cooperative projects?

637.15—What are cooperative projects?

(a) Cooperative project grants assist groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities to work together to conduct a science improvement project.
(b) Activities that the Secretary may fund under cooperative projects include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Assisting institutions in sharing facilities and personnel;
(2) Disseminating information about established programs in science and engineering;
(3) Supporting cooperative efforts to strengthen the institutions' science and engineering programs; and
(4) Carrying out a combination of any of the activities in paragraphs (c)(1)-(3) of this section.
(c) Eligible applicants for cooperative projects are groups of nonprofit accredited colleges and universities whose primary fiscal agent is an eligible minority institution as defined in § 637.4(b).

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067-106 7c, 1067g-1067k, 1068, and 1068b)