---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1862f"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1862f"
heading: "Research center consortia"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1862f"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — National Science Foundation"
---

# §1862f. Research center consortia


In Foundation programs making grants to research centers, the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) shall encourage the formation of consortia that include research universities, two-year and four-year colleges, and the private sector.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–570, title I, § 110, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2869.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.