<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id6c99868b-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb" identifier="/us/usc/t20/s3915"><num value="3915">§ 3915.</num><heading> Graduate fellowships</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The Foundation is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, to establish and carry out a program of graduate fellowships for the purpose of encouraging and assisting promising students to continue their education and research in mathematics, science, and engineering.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id6c99868c-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb">(<ref href="/us/pl/98/377/tI/s105">Pub. L. 98–377, title I, § 105</ref>, as added <ref href="/us/pl/99/159/tII/s201">Pub. L. 99–159, title II, § 201</ref>, <date date="1985-11-22">Nov. 22, 1985</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/99/896">99 Stat. 896</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="id6c99868e-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior section 3915, <ref href="/us/pl/98/377/tI/s115">Pub. L. 98–377, title I, § 115</ref>, <date date="1984-08-11">Aug. 11, 1984</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/98/1269">98 Stat. 1269</ref>, related to special consideration for applications meeting the needs of under­represented and underserved populations, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by <ref href="/us/pl/99/159/s201">section 201 of Pub. L. 99–159</ref>. See <ref href="/us/usc/t20/s3919">section 3919 of this title</ref>.</p>
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