---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1747"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1747"
heading: "Acquisition fellowship program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1747"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 87 — Defense Acquisition Workforce"
  - "Subchapter IV — Education and Training"
---

# §1747. Acquisition fellowship program

- (a) **Establishment.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall establish and carry out an acquisition fellowship [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) in accordance with this section in order to enhance the ability of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense to recruit employees who are highly qualified in fields of acquisition.
- (b) **Number of Fellowships.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may designate up to 25 prospective employees of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense as acquisition fellows.
- (c) **Eligibility.—** In order to be eligible for designation as an acquisition fellow, an employee—
  - (1) must complete at least 2 years of Federal Government service as an employee in an acquisition position in the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense; and
  - (2) must be serving in an acquisition position in the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense that involves the performance of duties likely to result in significant restrictions under law on the employment activities of that employee after leaving Government service.
- (d) **Two-Year Period of Research and Teaching.—** Under the fellowship [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1), the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15) designated acquisition fellows to engage in research or teaching for a 2-year period in a field related to Federal Government acquisition policy. Such research or teaching may be conducted in the defense acquisition university structure of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense, any other institution of professional education of the Federal Government, or a nonprofit [institution of higher education](/usc/10/2199.md?p=2). Each fellow shall be paid at a [rate](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-9) equal to the [rate](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-9) of [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15) payable for the level of the position in which the fellow served in the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense before undertaking such research or teaching.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VIII, § 841(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2468, § 2410h; renumbered § 1747, Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1062(a)(10)(A), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2650.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–314 renumbered section 2410h of this title as this section.