---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 168a.5"
title: "32"
number: "168a.5"
heading: "Responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/168a.5"
---

# §168a.5. Responsibilities.

- (a) The Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering (Research and Advanced Technology) [DDDR&E(R&AT)], shall:
  - (1) **Administer this part and issue DoD guidance, as needed, for NDSEG fellowships.**
  - (2) Designate those DoD Components that will award NDSEG fellowships, consistent with relevant statutory authority.
  - (3) Issue a regulation in accordance with [10 U.S.C. 2191](/usc/10/2191.md) and DoD 5025.1-M.
- (b) The Heads of Sponsoring Agencies, or their designees, in coordination with a representative of the Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering (Research and Advanced Technology) [DDDR&E(R&AT)], shall:
  - (1) **Oversee the nationwide competition to select NDSEG fellowship recipients.**
  - (2) Determine those science, engineering and other fields of priority interest to the Department of Defense in which NDSEG fellowships are to be awarded.
  - (3) Prepare a regulation, in accordance with [10 U.S.C. 2191](/usc/10/2191.md), that prescribes.
    - (i) **Procedures for selecting NDSEG fellows.**
    - (ii) **The basis for determining the amounts of NDSEG fellowships.**
    - (iii) The maximum NDSEG fellowship amount that may be awarded to an individual during an academic year.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 2191.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 29844, July 23, 1990, unless otherwise noted.