---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19056"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19056"
heading: "Measuring impacts of Federally funded research and development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19056"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter III — National Science Foundation for the Future"
  - "Part E — Fundamental Research"
---

# §19056. Measuring impacts of Federally funded research and development


The [Director](/usc/42/18921.md?p=1) shall make awards on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis to institutions of higher education or [non-profit organizations](/usc/42/18901.md?p=21) (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to support research and development of data, models, indicators, and associated analytical tools to improve our understanding of the impacts of Federally funded research on society, the economy, and the workforce, including domestic job creation.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10347, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1560.)