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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

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Establishment; composition

Functions

Findings and purpose

Establishment of Program

Procedures, guidelines, and planning activities

Set-aside for certain institutions

Evaluations of research centers

Research center consortia

Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

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

Scientific and technical education

Authorization of appropriations

Findings; core strategies

National research facilities

Financial disclosure

Mathematics and science education partnerships

Section
1862n–1

Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

Section
1862n–1a

National Science Foundation Teaching Fellowships and Master Teaching Fellowships

Section
1862n–2

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

Section
1862n–3

Duplication of programs

Section
1862n–4

Major research equipment and facilities construction plan

Section
1862n–5

Board meetings; audits; reports; scholarship eligibility

Section
1862n–6

Undergraduate education reform

Section
1862n–7

Reports

Section
1862n–8

Evaluations

Section
1862n–9

Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee

Section
1862n–10

Minority-serving institutions undergraduate program

Postdoctoral research fellows

Section
1862o–1

Responsible conduct of research

Section
1862o–2

Reporting of research results

Section
1862o–3

Sharing research results

Section
1862o–4

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

Section
1862o–5

Meeting critical national science needs

Section
1862o–6

Research on innovation and inventiveness

Section
1862o–7

Cyberinfrastructure

Section
1862o–8

Pilot program of grants for new investigators

Section
1862o–9

Broader impacts merit review criterion

Section
1862o–10

Advanced information and communications technology research

Section
1862o–11

Repealed. Pub. L. 114–329, title II, §204(a)(3)(B), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 2999

Section
1862o–12

Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program

Section
1862o–13

Professional science master's degree programs

Section
1862o–14

Major research instrumentation

Section
1862o–15

Limit on proposals

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

Section
1862p–1

National Science Foundation manufacturing research and education

Section
1862p–2

Partnerships for innovation

Section
1862p–3

Sustainable chemistry basic research

Section
1862p–4

Undergraduate broadening participation program

Section
1862p–5

Research experiences for high school students

Section
1862p–6

Research experiences for undergraduates

Section
1862p–7

STEM industry internship programs

Section
1862p–8

Cyber-enabled learning for national challenges

Section
1862p–9

Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

Section
1862p–10

Academic technology transfer and commercialization of university research

Section
1862p–11

NSF grants in support of sponsored post-doctoral fellowship programs

Section
1862p–12

Cloud computing research enhancement

Section
1862p–13

Tribal colleges and universities program

Section
1862p–14

Broader Impacts Review Criterion

Section
1862p–15

Twenty-first century graduate education

Informal STEM education

Research in disabilities education

Section
1862r–1

Dyslexia

Reaffirmation of merit-based peer review

Section
1862s–1

Transparency and accountability

Section
1862s–2

Oversight of NSF major multi-user research facility projects

Section
1862s–3

Personnel oversight

Section
1862s–4

Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative

Section
1862s–5

Programs to expand STEM opportunities

Section
1862s–6

Presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring

Section
1862s–7

Computer science education research

Section
1862s–8

Innovation Corps

Section
1862s–9

Translational research grants

Supporting veterans in STEM education and computer science

National Science Board

Director of Foundation

Deputy Director of the Foundation

Executive Committee

Divisions within Foundation

Repealed. Pub. L. 90–407, §4, July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 363

Special commissions

Scholarships and graduate fellowships

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

Issuance of instructions to grantees of pre-college curriculum projects

Low-income scholarship program

General authority of Foundation

Buy-American requirements

Disposition of inventions produced under contracts or other arrangements

International cooperation and coordination with foreign policy

Repealed. Pub. L. 90–407, §11(1), July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 365

Employment of personnel

Repealed. Pub. L. 99–159, title I, §109(f), Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 890

Security provisions

Appropriations

Sections
1876 to 1879

Repealed. Pub. L. 99–383, §11, Aug. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 817

National Medal of Science

Award of National Medal of Science

Alan T. Waterman Award

Presidential awards for teaching excellence

Information furnished to Congressional committees

Office of Small Business Research and Development

Repealed. Pub. L. 99–159, title I, §109(h), Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 890

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

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

Participation in science and engineering of minorities and persons with disabilities

Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering

Biennial reports

Data collection and analysis

Data on specific fields of study

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