42 U.S.C., Title 42, Chapter 16 | uscode.io

Chapter 16: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Section 1861: Establishment; composition

Section 1862: Functions

Section 1862a: Findings and purpose

Section 1862b: Establishment of Program

Section 1862c: Procedures, guidelines, and planning activities

Section 1862d: Set-aside for certain institutions

Section 1862e: Evaluations of research centers

Section 1862f: Research center consortia

Section 1862g: Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

Section 1862h: Congressional statement of findings and declaration of purposes respecting scientific and technical education and training

Section 1862i: Scientific and technical education

Section 1862j: Authorization of appropriations

Section 1862k: Findings; core strategies

Section 1862l: National research facilities

Section 1862m: Financial disclosure

Section 1862n: Mathematics and science education partnerships

Section 1862n–1: Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

Section 1862n–1a: National Science Foundation Teaching Fellowships and Master Teaching Fellowships

Section 1862n–2: Establishment of centers for research on mathematics and science learning and education improvement

Section 1862n–3: Duplication of programs

Section 1862n–4: Major research equipment and facilities construction plan

Section 1862n–5: Board meetings; audits; reports; scholarship eligibility

Section 1862n–6: Undergraduate education reform

Section 1862n–7: Reports

Section 1862n–8: Evaluations

Section 1862n–9: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee

Section 1862n–10: Minority-serving institutions undergraduate program

Section 1862o: Postdoctoral research fellows

Section 1862o–1: Responsible conduct of research

Section 1862o–2: Reporting of research results

Section 1862o–3: Sharing research results

Section 1862o–4: Funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs

Section 1862o–5: Meeting critical national science needs

Section 1862o–6: Research on innovation and inventiveness

Section 1862o–7: Cyberinfrastructure

Section 1862o–8: Pilot program of grants for new investigators

Section 1862o–9: Broader impacts merit review criterion

Section 1862o–10: Advanced information and communications technology research

Section 1862o–11: Repealed. Pub. L. 114–329, title II, § 204(a)(3)(B), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 2999

Section 1862o–12: Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program

Section 1862o–13: Professional science master’s degree programs

Section 1862o–14: Major research instrumentation

Section 1862o–15: Limit on proposals

Section 1862p: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

Section 1862p–1: National Science Foundation manufacturing research and education

Section 1862p–2: Partnerships for innovation

Section 1862p–3: Sustainable chemistry basic research

Section 1862p–4: Undergraduate broadening participation program

Section 1862p–5: Research experiences for high school students

Section 1862p–6: Research experiences for undergraduates

Section 1862p–7: STEM industry internship programs

Section 1862p–8: Cyber-enabled learning for national challenges

Section 1862p–9: Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

Section 1862p–10: Academic technology transfer and commercialization of university research

Section 1862p–11: NSF grants in support of sponsored post-doctoral fellowship programs

Section 1862p–12: Cloud computing research enhancement

Section 1862p–13: Tribal colleges and universities program

Section 1862p–14: Broader Impacts Review Criterion

Section 1862p–15: Twenty-first century graduate education

Section 1862q: Informal STEM education

Section 1862r: Research in disabilities education

Section 1862r–1: Dyslexia

Section 1862s: Reaffirmation of merit-based peer review

Section 1862s–1: Transparency and accountability

Section 1862s–2: Oversight of NSF major multi-user research facility projects

Section 1862s–3: Personnel oversight

Section 1862s–4: Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative

Section 1862s–5: Programs to expand STEM opportunities

Section 1862s–6: Presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring

Section 1862s–7: Computer science education research

Section 1862s–8: Innovation Corps

Section 1862s–9: Translational research grants

Section 1863: National Science Board

Section 1864: Director of Foundation

Section 1864a: Deputy Director of the Foundation

Section 1865: Executive Committee

Section 1866: Divisions within Foundation

Section 1867: Repealed. Pub. L. 90–407, § 4, July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 363

Section 1868: Special commissions

Section 1869: Scholarships and graduate fellowships

Section 1869a: Contracts for precollege science or engineering curriculum development activities; inspection of materials by parent or guardian

Section 1869b: Issuance of instructions to grantees of pre-college curriculum projects

Section 1869c: Low-income scholarship program

Section 1870: General authority of Foundation

Section 1870a: Buy-American requirements

Section 1871: Disposition of inventions produced under contracts or other arrangements

Section 1872: International cooperation and coordination with foreign policy

Section 1872a: Repealed. Pub. L. 90–407, § 11(1), July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 365

Section 1873: Employment of personnel

Section 1873a: Repealed. Pub. L. 99–159, title I, § 109(f), Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 890

Section 1874: Security provisions

Section 1875: Appropriations

Section 1876 to 1879: Repealed. Pub. L. 99–383, § 11, Aug. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 817

Section 1880: National Medal of Science

Section 1881: Award of National Medal of Science

Section 1881a: Alan T. Waterman Award

Section 1881b: Presidential awards for teaching excellence

Section 1882: Information furnished to Congressional committees

Section 1883: Office of Small Business Research and Development

Section 1884: Repealed. Pub. L. 99–159, title I, § 109(h), Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 890

Section 1885: Congressional statement of findings and declaration of policy respecting equal opportunities in science and engineering

Section 1885a: Women in science and engineering; support of activities by Foundation for promotion, etc.

Section 1885b: Participation in science and engineering of minorities and persons with disabilities

Section 1885c: Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering

Section 1885d: Biennial reports

Section 1886: Data collection and analysis

Section 1886a: Data on specific fields of study

Section 1887: Indemnification of grantees, contractors, and subcontractors under ocean drilling program; approvals and certifications by Director