---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1862o–4"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1862o–4"
heading: "Funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1862o-4"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — National Science Foundation"
---

# §1862o–4. Funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs

- (a) **Evaluation of programs—** The [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) shall, on an annual basis, evaluate all of the Foundation’s grants that are scheduled to expire within 1 year and—
  - (1) that have the primary purpose of meeting the objectives of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunity Act ([42 U.S.C. 1885](/usc/42/1885.md) et seq.); or
  - (2) that have the primary purpose of providing teacher professional development.
- (b) **Continuation of funding—** For grants that are identified under [subsection (a)](#a) and that are determined by the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) to be successful in meeting the objectives of the initial grant solicitation, the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) may extend the duration of those grants for not more than 3 additional years beyond their scheduled expiration without the requirement for a recompetition.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–69, title VII, § 7012, Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 681; Pub. L. 114–329, title II, § 204(a)(3)(A), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 2998.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Science and Engineering Equal Opportunity Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), probably means the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act, which is Part B (§ 31 et seq.) of Pub. L. 96–516, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3010, which enacted sections 1885 to 1885d of this title and provisions set out as notes under sections 1861 and 1885 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1980 Amendment note set out under section 1861 of this title and Tables.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the America COMPETES Act, also known as the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

2017—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–329 struck out subsec. (c) which related to reports to Congress.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definitions

For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 7001 of Pub. L. 110–69, set out as a note under section 1862o of this title.