---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 4706"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "4706"
heading: "Scholarship and research internship conditions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/4706"
units:
  - "Chapter 59 — Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program"
---

# §4706. Scholarship and research internship conditions

- (a) **Scholarship conditions—** A person awarded a scholarship under this chapter may receive payments authorized under this chapter only during such periods as the [Foundation](/usc/20/4702.md?p=1) finds that the person is maintaining satisfactory proficiency pursuant to regulations of the [Board](/usc/20/4702.md?p=2).
- (b) **Reports on scholarships—** The [Foundation](/usc/20/4702.md?p=1) may require reports containing such information in such form and to be filed at such times as the [Foundation](/usc/20/4702.md?p=1) determines to be necessary from any person awarded a scholarship under this chapter. Such reports shall be accompanied by a certificate from an appropriate official at the [institution of higher education](/usc/20/4702.md?p=4), approved by the [Foundation](/usc/20/4702.md?p=1), stating that such person is making satisfactory progress in, and is devoting essentially full time to study or research, except as otherwise provided in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Research internship conditions—** A person awarded a research internship under this chapter may receive payments authorized under this chapter only during such periods as the [Foundation](/usc/20/4702.md?p=1) finds that the person is maintaining satisfactory proficiency pursuant to regulations of the [Board](/usc/20/4702.md?p=2).
- (d) **Reports on research internships—** The [Foundation](/usc/20/4702.md?p=1) may require reports containing such information in such form and to be filed at such times as the [Foundation](/usc/20/4702.md?p=1) determines to be necessary from any person awarded a research internship under this chapter. Such reports may be accompanied by a certificate from an appropriate official at the [institution of higher education](/usc/20/4702.md?p=4) or internship employer, approved by the [Foundation](/usc/20/4702.md?p=1), stating that such person is maintaining satisfactory progress in the internship.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIV, § 1407, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 4010; Pub. L. 117–81, div. F, title LXIII, § 6305, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2394.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–81, § 6305(1), inserted “and research internship” after “Scholarship” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–81, § 6305(2), substituted “Scholarship conditions” for “In general” in heading and struck out “and devoting full time to study or research and is not engaging in gainful employment other than employment approved by the Foundation” after “satisfactory proficiency” in text.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–81, § 6305(3), substituted “Reports on scholarships” for “Reports” in heading.

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 117–81, § 6305(4), added subsecs. (c) and (d).