CHAPTER 16— NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Current through Public Law 115-242 (09/18/2018), except 115-232.
Sections
- § 1861 Establishment; composition
- § 1862 Functions
- § 1862a Findings and purpose
- § 1862b Establishment of Program
- § 1862c Procedures, guidelines, and planning activities
- § 1862d Set-aside for certain institutions
- § 1862e Evaluations of research centers
- § 1862f Research center consortia
- § 1862g Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
- § 1862h Congressional statement of findings and declaration of purposes respecting scientific and technical education and training
- § 1862i Scientific and technical education
- § 1862j Authorization of appropriations
- § 1862k Findings; core strategies
- § 1862l National research facilities
- § 1862m Financial disclosure
- § 1862n Mathematics and science education partnerships
- § 1862n–1 Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
- § 1862n–1a National Science Foundation Teaching Fellowships and Master Teaching Fellowships
- § 1862n–2 Establishment of centers for research on mathematics and science learning and education improvement
- § 1862n–3 Duplication of programs
- § 1862n–4 Major research equipment and facilities construction plan
- § 1862n–5 Board meetings; audits; reports; scholarship eligibility
- § 1862n–6 Undergraduate education reform
- § 1862n–7 Reports
- § 1862n–8 Evaluations
- § 1862n–9 Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
- § 1862n–10 Minority-serving institutions undergraduate program
- § 1862o Postdoctoral research fellows
- § 1862o–1 Responsible conduct of research
- § 1862o–2 Reporting of research results
- § 1862o–3 Sharing research results
- § 1862o–4 Funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs
- § 1862o–5 Meeting critical national science needs
- § 1862o–6 Research on innovation and inventiveness
- § 1862o–7 Cyberinfrastructure
- § 1862o–8 Pilot program of grants for new investigators
- § 1862o–9 Broader impacts merit review criterion
- § 1862o–10 Advanced information and communications technology research
- § 1862o–11 Repealed. Pub. L. 114–329, title II, § 204(a)(3)(B), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 2999 repealed
- § 1862o–12 Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program
- § 1862o–13 Professional science master’s degree programs
- § 1862o–14 Major research instrumentation
- § 1862o–15 Limit on proposals
- § 1862p National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
- § 1862p–1 National Science Foundation manufacturing research and education
- § 1862p–2 Partnerships for innovation
- § 1862p–3 Sustainable chemistry basic research
- § 1862p–4 Undergraduate broadening participation program
- § 1862p–5 Research experiences for high school students
- § 1862p–6 Research experiences for undergraduates
- § 1862p–7 STEM industry internship programs
- § 1862p–8 Cyber-enabled learning for national challenges
- § 1862p–9 Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
- § 1862p–10 Academic technology transfer and commercialization of university research
- § 1862p–11 NSF grants in support of sponsored post-doctoral fellowship programs
- § 1862p–12 Cloud computing research enhancement
- § 1862p–13 Tribal colleges and universities program
- § 1862p–14 Broader Impacts Review Criterion
- § 1862p–15 Twenty-first century graduate education
- § 1862q Informal STEM education
- § 1862r Research in disabilities education
- § 1862r–1 Dyslexia
- § 1862s Reaffirmation of merit-based peer review
- § 1862s–1 Transparency and accountability
- § 1862s–2 Oversight of NSF major multi-user research facility projects
- § 1862s–3 Personnel oversight
- § 1862s–4 Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative
- § 1862s–5 Programs to expand STEM opportunities
- § 1862s–6 Presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring
- § 1862s–7 Computer science education research
- § 1862s–8 Innovation Corps
- § 1862s–9 Translational research grants
- § 1863 National Science Board
- § 1864 Director of Foundation
- § 1864a Deputy Director of the Foundation
- § 1865 Executive Committee
- § 1866 Divisions within Foundation
- § 1867 Repealed. Pub. L. 90–407, § 4, July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 363 repealed
- § 1868 Special commissions
- § 1869 Scholarships and graduate fellowships
- § 1869a Contracts for precollege science or engineering curriculum development activities; inspection of materials by parent or guardian
- § 1869b Issuance of instructions to grantees of pre-college curriculum projects
- § 1869c Low-income scholarship program
- § 1870 General authority of Foundation
- § 1870a Buy-American requirements
- § 1871 Disposition of inventions produced under contracts or other arrangements
- § 1872 International cooperation and coordination with foreign policy
- § 1872a Repealed. Pub. L. 90–407, § 11(1), July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 365 repealed
- § 1873 Employment of personnel
- § 1873a Repealed. Pub. L. 99–159, title I, § 109(f), Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 890 repealed
- § 1874 Security provisions
- § 1875 Appropriations
- §§ 1876 to 1879 Repealed. Pub. L. 99–383, § 11, Aug. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 817 repealed
- § 1880 National Medal of Science
- § 1881 Award of National Medal of Science
- § 1881a Alan T. Waterman Award
- § 1881b Presidential awards for teaching excellence
- § 1882 Information furnished to Congressional committees
- § 1883 Office of Small Business Research and Development
- § 1884 Repealed. Pub. L. 99–159, title I, § 109(h), Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 890 repealed
- § 1885 Congressional statement of findings and declaration of policy respecting equal opportunities in science and engineering
- § 1885a Women in science and engineering; support of activities by Foundation for promotion, etc.
- § 1885b Participation in science and engineering of minorities and persons with disabilities
- § 1885c Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering
- § 1885d Biennial reports
- § 1886 Data collection and analysis
- § 1886a Data on specific fields of study
- § 1887 Indemnification of grantees, contractors, and subcontractors under ocean drilling program; approvals and certifications by Director