Chapter 16 — National Science Foundation
- §1861 Establishment; composition
- §1862 Functions
- §1862a Findings and purpose
- §1862b Establishment of Program
- §1862c Procedures, guidelines, and planning activities
- §1862d Set-aside for certain institutions
- §1862e Evaluations of research centers
- §1862f Research center consortia
- §1862g Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
- §1862h Congressional statement of findings and declaration of purposes respecting scientific and technical education and training
- §1862i STEM education
- §1862j Authorization of appropriations
- §1862k Findings; core strategies
- §1862l National research facilities
- §1862m Financial disclosure
- §1862n Mathematics and science education partnerships
- §1862n–1 Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
- §1862n–1a National Science Foundation Teaching Fellowships and Master Teaching Fellowships
- §1862n–2 Establishment of centers for research on mathematics and science learning and education improvement
- §1862n–3 Duplication of programs
- §1862n–4 Major research equipment and facilities construction plan
- §1862n–5 Board meetings; audits; reports; scholarship eligibility
- §1862n–6 Undergraduate education reform
- §1862n–7 Reports
- §1862n–8 Evaluations
- §1862n–9 Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
- §1862n–10 Minority-serving institutions undergraduate program
- §1862o Postdoctoral research fellows
- §1862o–1 Responsible conduct of research
- §1862o–2 Reporting of research results
- §1862o–3 Sharing research results
- §1862o–4 Funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs
- §1862o–5 Meeting critical national science needs
- §1862o–6 Research on innovation and inventiveness
- §1862o–7 Cyberinfrastructure
- §1862o–8 Pilot program of grants for new investigators
- §1862o–9 Broader impacts merit review criterion
- §1862o–10 Advanced information and communications technology research
- §1862o–11 Repealed.
- §1862o–12 Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program
- §1862o–13 Professional science master’s degree programs
- §1862o–14 Major research instrumentation
- §1862o–15 Limit on proposals
- §1862p National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
- §1862p–1 National Science Foundation manufacturing research and education
- §1862p–2 Partnerships for innovation
- §1862p–3 Sustainable chemistry basic research
- §1862p–4 Undergraduate broadening participation program
- §1862p–5 Research experiences for high school students
- §1862p–6 Research experiences for undergraduates
- §1862p–7 STEM industry internship programs
- §1862p–8 Cyber-enabled learning for national challenges
- §1862p–9 Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
- §1862p–10 Academic technology transfer and commercialization of university research
- §1862p–11 NSF grants in support of sponsored post-doctoral fellowship programs
- §1862p–12 Cloud computing research enhancement
- §1862p–13 Tribal colleges and universities program
- §1862p–14 Broader Impacts Review Criterion
- §1862p–15 Twenty-first century graduate education
- §1862q Informal STEM education
- §1862r Research in disabilities education
- §1862r–1 Dyslexia
- §1862s Reaffirmation of merit-based peer review
- §1862s–1 Transparency and accountability
- §1862s–2 Oversight of NSF major multi-user research facility projects
- §1862s–3 Personnel oversight
- §1862s–4 Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative
- §1862s–5 Programs to expand STEM opportunities
- §1862s–6 Presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring
- §1862s–7 Computer science education research
- §1862s–8 Innovation Corps
- §1862s–9 Translational research grants
- §1862t Supporting veterans in STEM education and computer science
- §1862u NSF support of research on opioid addiction
- §1862v National Science Foundation research
- §1862w NSF support of research on impacts of social media on human trafficking
- §1863 National Science Board
- §1864 Director of Foundation
- §1864a Deputy Director of the Foundation
- §1865 Executive Committee
- §1866 Divisions within Foundation
- §1867 Repealed.
- §1868 Special commissions
- §1869 Scholarships and graduate fellowships
- §1869a Contracts for precollege science or engineering curriculum development activities; inspection of materials by parent or guardian
- §1869b Issuance of instructions to grantees of pre-college curriculum projects
- §1869c Low-income scholarship program
- §1870 General authority of Foundation
- §1870a Buy-American requirements
- §1871 Disposition of inventions produced under contracts or other arrangements
- §1872 International cooperation and coordination with foreign policy
- §1872a Repealed.
- §1873 Employment of personnel
- §1873a Repealed.
- §1874 Security provisions
- §1875 Appropriations
- §1875a National Science Foundation Nonrecurring Expenses Fund
- §1876...1879 Repealed.
- §1880 National Medal of Science
- §1881 Award of National Medal of Science
- §1881a Alan T. Waterman Award
- §1881b Presidential awards for teaching excellence
- §1882 Information furnished to Congressional committees
- §1883 Office of Small Business Research and Development
- §1884 Repealed.
- §1885 Congressional statement of findings and declaration of policy respecting equal opportunities in science and engineering
- §1885a Women in science and engineering; support of activities by Foundation for promotion, etc.
- §1885b Participation in science and engineering of minorities and persons with disabilities
- §1885c Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering
- §1885d Biennial reports
- §1886 Data collection and analysis
- §1886a Data on specific fields of study
- §1887 Indemnification of grantees, contractors, and subcontractors under ocean drilling program; approvals and certifications by Director