CHAPTER 16 — National Science Foundation
113 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. — STEM 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 — Repealed.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
- § 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
- § 1862t. — Supporting veterans in STEM education and computer science
- § 1862u. — NSF support of research on opioid addiction
- § 1862v. — National Science Foundation research
- § 1862w. — NSF support of research on impacts of social media on human trafficking
- § 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
- § 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
- § 1873. — Employment of personnel
- § 1873a. — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–159, title I, § 109(f), Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 890
- § 1874. — Security provisions
- § 1875. — Appropriations
- § 1875a. — National Science Foundation Nonrecurring Expenses Fund
- §§ 1876 to 1879. — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–383, § 11, Aug. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 817
- § 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
- § 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