---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19059"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19059"
heading: "Sustainable chemistry research and education"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19059"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter III — National Science Foundation for the Future"
  - "Part E — Fundamental Research"
---

# §19059. Sustainable chemistry research and education


In accordance with [section 9303 of title 15](/usc/15/9303.md), the [Director](/usc/42/18921.md?p=1) shall carry out activities in support of sustainable chemistry, including—

- (1) establishing a program to make awards, on a competitive 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—
  - (A) individual investigators and teams of investigators, including to the extent practicable, early career investigators for research and development;
  - (B) collaborative research and development partnerships among universities, industry, and [non-profit organizations](/usc/42/18901.md?p=21);
  - (C) integrating sustainable chemistry principles into elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate chemistry and chemical engineering curriculum and research training, as appropriate to that level of education and training; and
- (2) incorporating sustainable chemistry into existing [Foundation](/usc/42/18901.md?p=11) research and development programs.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10350, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1560.)