The following are eligible to receive a grant under this part:
    
    
        
        (a) 
         Public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education that—
     
    
        
        (1) 
         Award baccalaureate degrees; and
     
    
        
        (2) 
         Qualify as minority institutions as defined in  § 637.4.
     
    
        
        (b) 
         Public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that—
     
    
        
        (1) 
         Award associate degrees;
     
    
        
        (2) 
         Qualify as minority institutions as defined in  § 637.4 ;
     
    
        
        (3) 
         Have a curriculum that includes science or engineering subjects; and
     
    
        
        (4) 
         Enter into a partnership with public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees in science and engineering.
     
    
        
        (c) 
         Nonprofit science-oriented organizations, professional scientific societies, and institutions of higher education that award baccalaureate degrees that—
     
    
        
        (1) 
         Provide a needed service to a group of minority institutions; or
     
    
        
        (2) 
         Provide in-service training to project directors, scientists, and engineers from minority institutions; or
     
    
        
        (d) 
         A consortia of organizations, that provide needed services to one or more minority institutions. The consortia membership may include—
     
    
        
        (1) 
         Institutions of higher education which have a curriculum in science or engineering;
     
    
        
        (2) 
         Institutions of higher education that have a graduate or professional program in science or engineering;
     
    
        
        (3) 
         Research laboratories of, or under the contract with, the Department of Energy;
     
    
        
        (4) 
         Private organizations that have science or engineering facilities; or
     
    
        
        (5) 
         Quasi-governmental entities that have a significant scientific or engineering mission.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        (Authority: 
                20 U.S.C. 1067g
            )
    
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [65 FR 7674, Feb. 15, 2000]