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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-110

§3310a Research Equipment Grants

Title 7 › CHAPTER 64 — AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND TEACHING › SUBCHAPTER X — FUNDING AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 3310a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give competitive grants to buy specialized scientific equipment for food and agricultural research at eligible institutions. Each grant can be no more than $500,000. Equipment bought with these grants, or its depreciation, cannot be billed as an indirect cost on other Federal grants or put into an institution’s indirect cost pool. Eligible institutions are a college or university, or a State cooperative institution. Congress authorized $5,000,000 for each fiscal year 2019 through 2023 to fund these grants.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §3310a

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(a)In general
The Secretary may make competitive grants for the acquisition of special purpose scientific research equipment for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs of eligible institutions.
(b)Maximum amount
The amount of a grant made to an eligible institution under this section may not exceed $500,000.
(c)Prohibition on charge or equipment as indirect costs
The cost of acquisition or depreciation of equipment purchased with a grant under this section shall not be—
(1)charged as an indirect cost against another Federal grant; or
(2)included as part of the indirect cost pool for purposes of calculating the indirect cost rate of an eligible institution.
(d)Eligible institutions defined
In this section, the term “eligible institution” means—
(1)a college or university; or
(2)a State cooperative institution.
(e)Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3310a, Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1462A, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7402,
May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 456; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7133,
May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1228; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7133,
June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1989, related to research equipment grants, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7118, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 875.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 3310a

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110