---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 10342"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "10342"
heading: "Research program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/10342"
units:
  - "Chapter 109A — Membrane Processes Research"
---

# §10342. Research program


The [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the National Science Foundation shall establish a basic research program on membranes and membrane processes. Such program may be carried out through awarding grants, entering into contracts or cooperative agreements, or direct research.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–490, § 3, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3142.)