CHAPTER 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation
145 sections.
SUBCHAPTER I — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SCIENCE FOR THE FUTURE 2 sections
SUBCHAPTER II — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FUTURE 16 sections
Part A — Measurement Research 10 sections
- § 18931. — Engineering biology and biometrology
- § 18932. — Greenhouse gas measurement research
- § 18933. — Software security and authentication
- § 18934. — Biometrics research and testing
- § 18935. — Dissemination of resources for research institutions
- § 18936. — Neutron scattering
- § 18937. — Artificial intelligence
- § 18938. — Sustainable chemistry research and education
- § 18939. — Premise plumbing research
- § 18940. — Dr. David Satcher Cybersecurity Education Grant Program
Part B — General Activities 2 sections
Part C — Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership 1 sections
Part D — Manufacturing USA Program 2 sections
SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE 74 sections
Part A — Preliminary Matters 1 sections
Part B — STEM Education 9 sections
- § 18991. — PreK–12 STEM education
- § 18992. — Undergraduate STEM education
- § 18993. — Graduate STEM education
- § 18994. — STEM workforce data
- § 18995. — Cyber workforce development research and development
- § 18996. — Cybersecurity workforce data initiative
- § 18997. — Microelectronics workforce development activities
- § 18998. — Mandatory cost-sharing
- § 18999. — Programs to address the STEM workforce
Part C — Broadening Participation 8 sections
- § 19011. — Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program update
- § 19012. — NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Initiative
- § 19013. — Broadening participation on major facilities awards
- § 19014. — Expanding geographic and institutional diversity in research
- § 19015. — Diversity in tech research
- § 19016. — Chief Diversity Officer of the NSF
- § 19017. — Research and dissemination to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields
- § 19018. — Intramural emerging research institutions pilot program
Part D — NSF Research Security 10 sections
- § 19031. — Office of Research Security and Policy
- § 19032. — Chief of Research Security
- § 19033. — Reporting to Congress
- § 19034. — Online resource
- § 19035. — Research awards
- § 19036. — Authorities
- § 19037. — Research security and integrity information sharing analysis organization
- § 19038. — Plan with respect to controlled information and background screening
- § 19039. — Foundation funding to institutions hosting or supporting Confucius Institutes
- § 19040. — Foreign financial support
Part E — Fundamental Research 21 sections
- § 19051. — Broader impacts
- § 19052. — Research ethics
- § 19053. — Research reproducibility and replicability
- § 19054. — Climate change research
- § 19055. — Social, behavioral, and economic sciences
- § 19056. — Measuring impacts of Federally funded research and development
- § 19057. — Food-energy-water research
- § 19058. — Biological field stations and marine laboratories
- § 19059. — Sustainable chemistry research and education
- § 19060. — Risk and resilience research
- § 19061. — Unmanned aircraft systems technologies
- § 19062. — Accelerating unmanned maritime systems technologies
- § 19063. — Leveraging international expertise in research
- § 19064. — Biological research collections
- § 19065. — Clean water research and technology acceleration
- § 19066. — Technology and behavioral science research
- § 19067. — Critical minerals mining research and development
- § 19068. — Advancing IoT for Precision Agriculture Capabilities Act
- § 19069. — Astronomy and satellite constellations
- § 19070. — Research on the impact of inflation
- § 19071. — Microgravity utilization policy
Part F — Research Infrastructure 5 sections
Part G — Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships 20 sections
- § 19101. — Establishment
- § 19102. — Purposes
- § 19103. — Activities
- § 19104. — Requirements
- § 19105. — Assistant Director
- § 19106. — Advisory committee
- § 19107. — Challenges and focus areas
- § 19108. — Regional Innovation Engines
- § 19109. — Translation Accelerator
- § 19110. — Test beds
- § 19111. — Planning and capacity building awards
- § 19112. — Entrepreneurial fellowships
- § 19113. — Scholarships and fellowships
- § 19114. — Research and development awards
- § 19115. — Scaling innovations in PreK–12 STEM education
- § 19116. — Authorities
- § 19117. — Coordination of activities
- § 19118. — Ethical, legal, and societal considerations
- § 19119. — Reports and roadmaps
- § 19120. — Evaluation
SUBCHAPTER IV — BIOECONOMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 6 sections
SUBCHAPTER V — BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE 21 sections
Part A — STEM Opportunities 8 sections
- § 19151. — Federal research agency policies for caregivers
- § 19152. — Collection and reporting of data on Federal research awards
- § 19153. — Policies for review of Federal research awards
- § 19154. — Collection of data on demographics of faculty
- § 19155. — Cultural and institutional barriers to expanding the academic and Federal STEM workforce
- § 19156. — Existing activities
- § 19157. — Merit review
- § 19158. — Definition
Part B — Rural STEM Education Research 4 sections
Part C — MSI STEM Achievement 4 sections
Part D — Combating Sexual Harassment in Science 5 sections
SUBCHAPTER VI — MISCELLANEOUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROVISIONS 25 sections
Part A — Supporting Early-Career Researchers 1 sections
Part B — National Science and Technology Strategy 2 sections
Part C — Research Security 7 sections
- § 19231. — Requirements for foreign talent recruitment programs
- § 19232. — Malign foreign talent recruitment program prohibition
- § 19233. — Review of contracts and agreements
- § 19234. — Research security training requirement for Federal research award personnel
- § 19235. — Person or entity of concern prohibition
- § 19236. — Nondiscrimination
- § 19237. — Definitions