; and (B) submits an application in such form as the Secretary may require. (2) Maritime workforce The term maritime workforce includes positions of employment requiring a license, certificate of registry, or merchant mariner’s document issued under part E of subtitle II of title 46, United States Code. (3) Rural area The term rural area has the meaning given the term in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a) ), without regard to subparagraphs (B), (C), and (E) through (I) of paragraph (13) of that section. (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. (b) Program authorized The Secretary, acting through the Maritime Administrator, shall establish a program to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible applicants for eligible activities described in subsection (c) that support maritime workforce development. (c) Eligible activities An eligible activity is an activity carried out by an eligible applicant— (1) to establish a new, or improve an existing, training program that teaches technical skills used in general seagoing operations and specific areas, such as deck or engineering, including the purchase of equipment for such programs; (2) to provide technical training or certification courses leading to maritime workforce credentialing, including any of the endorsements listed in section 10.109 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; (3) to create and deliver a program designed to provide high school students with meaningful maritime education in order to teach the future maritime workforce; (4) to support the professional development of teachers using a curriculum of a program described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); (5) to establish, or support existing, scholarships or apprenticeships for individuals pursuing employment in the maritime workforce; (6) to support outreach about careers in the maritime workforce to— (A) secondary and postsecondary school students