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Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§1131c–1 Financial Assistance

Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER VI — INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Part C — Institute for International Public Policy › § 1131c–1

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Institute can give money to low-income students so they can take part in its programs. The help comes as summer stipends and Ralph Bunche scholarships. Summer stipends must pay for costs needed to join a summer institute the Institute funds, such as travel, housing, and school expenses, and cannot be more than $3,000 per summer. A Ralph Bunche scholarship is for a full-time college student accepted into a funded program and must pay costs tied to the “cost of attendance” (see section 1087ll). A Ralph Bunche award cannot be more than $5,000 per academic year.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §1131c–1

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(a)Authority
The Institute may provide financial assistance, in the form of summer stipends described in subsection (b) and Ralph Bunche scholarship assistance described in subsection (c), to low-income students to facilitate the participation of the students in the Institute’s programs under this part.
(b)Summer stipends
(1)Requirements
A student receiving a summer stipend under this section shall use such stipend to defray the student’s cost of participation in a summer institute program funded under this part, including the costs of travel, living, and educational expenses necessary for the student’s participation in such program.
(2)Amount
A summer stipend awarded to a student under this section shall not exceed $3,000 per summer.
(c)Ralph Bunche scholarship
(1)Requirements
A student receiving a Ralph Bunche scholarship under this section— (A)
(B)shall use such scholarship to pay costs related to the cost of attendance, as defined in section 1087ll of this title, at the institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled.
(2)Amount and duration
A Ralph Bunche scholarship awarded to a student under this section shall not exceed $5,000 per academic year.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 626 of Pub. L. 89–329 was renumbered section 627, and is classified to section 1131d of this title. Another prior section 626 of Pub. L. 89–329 was renumbered section 628, and is classified to section 1131e of this title.

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20 U.S.C. § 1131c–1

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110