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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

100 STAT. 1340

"(A) opportunities for research or other scholarly activities at the institution or at graduate centers designed to provide students with effective preparation for doctoral study; "(B) summer internships; "(C) seminars and other educational activities designed to b-^ prepare students for doctoral study; "(D) tutoring; "(E) academic counseling; and "(F) activities designed to assist students participating in the project in securing admission to and financial assistance for enrollment in graduate programs. "(2) In approving applications for post-baccalaureate achievement projects assisted under this subsection for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall require— Disadvantaged "(A) an assurance that not less than two-thirds of the individP^J^o^s. uals participating in the project proposed to be carried out under any application be low-income individuals who are firstgeneration college students; "(B) an assurance that the remaining persons participating in ^^' the project proposed to be carried out be from a group that is underrepresented in graduate education; "(C) an assurance that participants be enrolled in a degree program at an eligible institution in accordance with the provisions of section 487; and

>'i:. "(D) an assurance that participants in summer research

internships have completed their sophomore year in postsecondary education. "(4) In addition to such other selection criteria as may be prescribed by regulations, the Secretary shall consider in making awards to institutions under this subsection— "(A) the quality of research and other scholarly activities in which students will be involved; "(B) the level of faculty involvement in the project and the b \- i. V- ' description of the research in which students will be involved; and "(C) the institution's plan for identifying and recruiting participants including students enrolled in projects authorized under this subsection. "(5) Students participating in research under a post-baccalaureate achievement project may receive stipends not to exceed $2,400 per annum. "(6) No funds shall be allocated to projects authorized under this subsection until projects authorized by the other provisions of this subpart are allocated a minimum of $168,800,000, and in no case shall funds allocated to projects authorized under this subsection exceed— "(A) $1,000,000 in the fiscal year 1988, V "(B) $2,000,000 in the fiscal year 1989, ". "(C) $3,000,000 in the fiscal year 1990, and "(D) $4,000,000 in the fiscal year 1991. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTERS

20 USC

1070d-lc.

"SEC. 417E.

(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY; SERVICES PROVIDED.—The

Secretary shall carry out a program to be known as educational opportunity centers which shall be designed—