20 U.S.C. § 803a : US Code - Section 803A: Project grants and contracts

Search 20 U.S.C. § 803a : US Code - Section 803A: Project grants and contracts

(a) Authorization; purposes; application
The Secretary is authorized to make grants to or contracts with
institutions of higher education, or combinations of such
institutions, to assist them in planning, developing,
strengthening, improving, or carrying out programs or projects (1)
for the preparation of graduate or professional students in the
fields of city and regional planning and management, housing, and
urban affairs, or (2) for research into, or development or
demonstration of, improved methods of education for these
professions. Such grants or contracts may include payment of all or
part of the cost of programs or projects.
(b) Contents; use of payments
(1) A grant or contract authorized by this section shall be made
only upon application to the Secretary at such time or times and
containing such information as he may prescribe, except that no
such application shall be approved unless it -
(A) sets forth programs, activities, research, or development
for which a grant is authorized under this section;
(B) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting
procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of
and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this
subsection; and
(C) provides for making such reports, in such form and
containing such information, as the Secretary may require to
carry out his functions under this subsection, and for keeping
such records and for affording such access thereto as the
Secretary may find necessary to assure the correctness and
verification of such reports.
(2) Payments under this section may be used, in accordance with
regulations of the Secretary, and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in an application approved under paragraph
(1), to pay part of the compensation of students employed in
professions referred to in subsection (a)(1) of this section,
except students employed in any branch of the Government of the
United States, as part of a program for which a grant has been
approved pursuant to this subsection.