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US CodeTitle 42Chapter 16

Chapter 16

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare

107 sections

Sections

§ 1861

Establishment; composition

Very short

§ 1862

Functions

Long

§ 1862a

Findings and purpose

Short

§ 1862b

Establishment of Program

Medium

§ 1862c

Procedures, guidelines, and planning activities

Long

§ 1862d

Set-aside for certain institutions

Very short

§ 1862e

Evaluations of research centers

Very short

§ 1862f

Research center consortia

Very short

§ 1862g

Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

Short

§ 1862h

Congressional statement of findings and declaration of purposes respecting scientific and technical education and training

Short

§ 1862i

STEM education

Very long

§ 1862j

Authorization of appropriations

Very short

§ 1862k

Findings; core strategies

Medium

§ 1862l

National research facilities

Medium

§ 1862m

Financial disclosure

Very short

§ 1862n

Mathematics and science education partnerships

Very long

§ 1862n–1

Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

Very long

§ 1862n–10

Minority-serving institutions undergraduate program

Short

§ 1862n–1a

National Science Foundation Teaching Fellowships and Master Teaching Fellowships

Very long

§ 1862n–2

Establishment of centers for research on mathematics and science learning and education improvement

Medium

§ 1862n–3

Duplication of programs

Short

§ 1862n–4

Major research equipment and facilities construction plan

Short

§ 1862n–5

Board meetings; audits; reports; scholarship eligibility

Short

§ 1862n–6

Undergraduate education reform

Medium

§ 1862n–7

Reports

Medium

§ 1862n–8

Evaluations

Medium

§ 1862n–9

Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee

Medium

§ 1862o

Postdoctoral research fellows

Short

§ 1862o–1

Responsible conduct of research

Short

§ 1862o–10

Advanced information and communications technology research

Medium

§ 1862o–12

Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program

Short

§ 1862o–13

Professional science master’s degree programs

Medium

§ 1862o–14

Major research instrumentation

Short

§ 1862o–15

Limit on proposals

Short

§ 1862o–2

Reporting of research results

Very short

§ 1862o–3

Sharing research results

Short

§ 1862o–4

Funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs

Short

§ 1862o–5

Meeting critical national science needs

Short

§ 1862o–6

Research on innovation and inventiveness

Very short

§ 1862o–7

Cyberinfrastructure

Short

§ 1862o–8

Pilot program of grants for new investigators

Medium

§ 1862o–9

Broader impacts merit review criterion

Short

§ 1862p

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

Short

§ 1862p–1

National Science Foundation manufacturing research and education

Short

§ 1862p–10

Academic technology transfer and commercialization of university research

Short

§ 1862p–11

NSF grants in support of sponsored post-doctoral fellowship programs

Very short

§ 1862p–12

Cloud computing research enhancement

Medium

§ 1862p–13

Tribal colleges and universities program

Medium

§ 1862p–14

Broader Impacts Review Criterion

Medium

§ 1862p–15

Twenty-first century graduate education

Medium

§ 1862p–2

Partnerships for innovation

Medium

§ 1862p–3

Sustainable chemistry basic research

Short

§ 1862p–4

Undergraduate broadening participation program

Very short

§ 1862p–5

Research experiences for high school students

Very short

§ 1862p–6

Research experiences for undergraduates

Medium

§ 1862p–7

STEM industry internship programs

Medium

§ 1862p–8

Cyber-enabled learning for national challenges

Very short

§ 1862p–9

Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

Long

§ 1862q

Informal STEM education

Long

§ 1862r

Research in disabilities education

Short

§ 1862r–1

Dyslexia

Short

§ 1862s

Reaffirmation of merit-based peer review

Short

§ 1862s–1

Transparency and accountability

Short

§ 1862s–2

Oversight of NSF major multi-user research facility projects

Long

§ 1862s–3

Personnel oversight

Short

§ 1862s–4

Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative

Short

§ 1862s–5

Programs to expand STEM opportunities

Very long

§ 1862s–6

Presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring

Very short

§ 1862s–7

Computer science education research

Medium

§ 1862s–8

Innovation Corps

Long

§ 1862s–9

Translational research grants

Medium

§ 1862t

Supporting veterans in STEM education and computer science

Medium

§ 1862u

NSF support of research on opioid addiction

Very short

§ 1862v

National Science Foundation research

Short

§ 1862w

NSF support of research on impacts of social media on human trafficking

Medium

§ 1863

National Science Board

Long

§ 1864

Director of Foundation

Medium

§ 1864a

Deputy Director of the Foundation

Short

§ 1865

Executive Committee

Short

§ 1866

Divisions within Foundation

Very short

§ 1868

Special commissions

Very short

§ 1869

Scholarships and graduate fellowships

Medium

§ 1869a

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

Short

§ 1869b

Issuance of instructions to grantees of pre-college curriculum projects

Short

§ 1869c

Low-income scholarship program

Medium

§ 1870

General authority of Foundation

Medium

§ 1870a

Buy-American requirements

Short

§ 1871

Disposition of inventions produced under contracts or other arrangements

Short

§ 1872

International cooperation and coordination with foreign policy

Short

§ 1873

Employment of personnel

Long

§ 1874

Security provisions

Medium

§ 1875

Appropriations

Very short

§ 1875a

National Science Foundation Nonrecurring Expenses Fund

Short

§ 1880

National Medal of Science

Very short

§ 1881

Award of National Medal of Science

Short

§ 1881a

Alan T. Waterman Award

Short

§ 1881b

Presidential awards for teaching excellence

Short

§ 1882

Information furnished to Congressional committees

Very short

§ 1883

Office of Small Business Research and Development

Short

§ 1885

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

Short

§ 1885a

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

Medium

§ 1885b

Participation in science and engineering of minorities and persons with disabilities

Very short

§ 1885c

Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering

Medium

§ 1885d

Biennial reports

Short

§ 1886

Data collection and analysis

Short

§ 1886a

Data on specific fields of study

Short

§ 1887

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

Very short