34 C.F.R. § 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. (1) Assisting institutions in sharing facilities and personnel;
2. (2) Disseminating information about established programs in science and engineering;
3. (3) Supporting cooperative efforts to strengthen the institutions' science and engineering programs; and
4. (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).
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1067-1067c, 1067g-1067k, 1068, and 1068b)