---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19109"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19109"
heading: "Translation Accelerator"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19109"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter III — National Science Foundation for the Future"
  - "Part G — Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships"
---

# §19109. Translation Accelerator

- (a) **In general—** The [Director](/usc/42/18921.md?p=1) shall establish Translation Accelerators to further the research, development, and commercialization of innovation in the key technology focus areas.
- (b) **Partnerships—**
  - (1) **In general—** Each Translation Accelerator shall be comprised of a partnership including 2 or more of the following entities:
    - (A) An [institution of higher education](/usc/42/18901.md?p=13).
    - (B) A for-profit company.
    - (C) A [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) organization.
    - (D) A Federal [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1).
    - (E) Another entity, if that entity is determined by the [Director](/usc/42/18921.md?p=1) to be vital to the success of the program.
  - (2) **Institutional or organizational level—** The [Director](/usc/42/18921.md?p=1) shall work to ensure that such partnerships exist at the institutional or organization level, rather than solely at the principal investigator level.
  - (3) **Cost share—** Not less than 25 percent of the funding for an [institute](/usc/42/18921.md?p=4) shall be provided by non-Federal entities.
  - (4) **Number of centers and institutes established—** The [Director](/usc/42/18921.md?p=1) shall endeavor to establish a balance in the number of Regional Innovation Engines and Translation Accelerators.
- (c) **Authorization of appropriations—** From within funds authorized for the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships, there are authorized to carry out the activities under this section and [section 19108 of this title](/usc/42/19108.md) $6,500,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 through 2027.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10389, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1584.)