Chapter 16. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION  


§ 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. Experimental 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. Evaluation and report
§ 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
§ 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
§ 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