United States Code Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

§ 19059. Sustainable chemistry research and education

§ 19059.

Sustainable chemistry research and education

In accordance with section 9303 of title 15, the Director shall carry out activities in support of sustainable chemistry, including—

(1)

establishing a program to make awards, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to support—

(A)

individual investigators and teams of investigators, including to the extent practicable, early career investigators for research and development;

(B)

collaborative research and development partnerships among universities, industry, and non-profit organizations;

(C)

integrating sustainable chemistry principles into elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate chemistry and chemical engineering curriculum and research training, as appropriate to that level of education and training; and

(2)

incorporating sustainable chemistry into existing Foundation research and development programs.