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 112 STAT. 1644 PUBLIC LAW 105-244 —OCT. 7, 1998 "(4) scholarships, fellowships, and other financial assistance for needy graduate and professional students to permit the enrollment of the students in and completion of the doctoral degree in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, law, and the doctorate degree in the physical or natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, or other scientific disciplines in which African Americans are underrepresented; "(5) establish or improve a development office to strengthen and increase contributions from alumni and the private sector; "(6) assist in the establishment or maintenance of an institutional endowment to facilitate financial independence pursuant to section 331; and ''(7) funds and administrative management, and the acquisition of equipment, including software, for use in strengthening funds management and management information svstems ". (3) ELIGIBILITY.— Section 326(e) (20 U.S.C. 1063b(e)) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking "include—** and inserting "are the following; (ii) by inserting "and other qualified graduate programs" before the semicolon at the end of subparagraphs (E) through (J); (iii) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (O); and (iv) in subparagraph (P)— (I) by inserting "University" after "State"; and (II) by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (III) by adding at the end the following: "(Q) Norfolk State University qualified graduate programs; and "(R) Tennessee State University qualified graduate programs."; (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following: "(2) QUALIFIED GRADUATE PROGRAM. — (A) For the purposes of this section, the term 'qualified graduate program' means a graduate or professional program that provides a program of instruction in the physical or natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, or other scientific discipline in which African Americans are underrepresented and has students enrolled in such program at the time of application for a grant under this section. "(B) Notwithstanding the enrollment requirement contained in subparagraph (A), an institution may use an amount equal to not more than 1 percent of the institution's grant under this section for the development of a new qualified graduate program. "(3) SPECIAL RULE. —Institutions that were awarded grants under this section prior to October 1, 1998, shall continue to receive such grants, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, regardless of the eligibility of the institutions described in subparagraphs (Q) and (R) of paragraph (1)."; and (C) by adding at the end the following:

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