---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch16"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 16"
heading: "National Science Foundation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch16"
sections_count: 113
---

# Chapter 16 — National Science Foundation

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§1861. Establishment; composition](/usc/42/1861.md)
- [§1862. Functions](/usc/42/1862.md)
- [§1862a. Findings and purpose](/usc/42/1862a.md)
- [§1862b. Establishment of Program](/usc/42/1862b.md)
- [§1862c. Procedures, guidelines, and planning activities](/usc/42/1862c.md)
- [§1862d. Set-aside for certain institutions](/usc/42/1862d.md)
- [§1862e. Evaluations of research centers](/usc/42/1862e.md)
- [§1862f. Research center consortia](/usc/42/1862f.md)
- [§1862g. Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research](/usc/42/1862g.md)
- [§1862h. Congressional statement of findings and declaration of purposes respecting scientific and technical education and training](/usc/42/1862h.md)
- [§1862i. STEM education](/usc/42/1862i.md)
- [§1862j. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/1862j.md)
- [§1862k. Findings; core strategies](/usc/42/1862k.md)
- [§1862l. National research facilities](/usc/42/1862l.md)
- [§1862m. Financial disclosure](/usc/42/1862m.md)
- [§1862n. Mathematics and science education partnerships](/usc/42/1862n.md)
- [§1862n–1. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program](/usc/42/1862n-1.md)
- [§1862n–1a. National Science Foundation Teaching Fellowships and Master Teaching Fellowships](/usc/42/1862n-1a.md)
- [§1862n–2. Establishment of centers for research on mathematics and science learning and education improvement](/usc/42/1862n-2.md)
- [§1862n–3. Duplication of programs](/usc/42/1862n-3.md)
- [§1862n–4. Major research equipment and facilities construction plan](/usc/42/1862n-4.md)
- [§1862n–5. Board meetings; audits; reports; scholarship eligibility](/usc/42/1862n-5.md)
- [§1862n–6. Undergraduate education reform](/usc/42/1862n-6.md)
- [§1862n–7. Reports](/usc/42/1862n-7.md)
- [§1862n–8. Evaluations](/usc/42/1862n-8.md)
- [§1862n–9. Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee](/usc/42/1862n-9.md)
- [§1862n–10. Minority-serving institutions undergraduate program](/usc/42/1862n-10.md)
- [§1862o. Postdoctoral research fellows](/usc/42/1862o.md)
- [§1862o–1. Responsible conduct of research](/usc/42/1862o-1.md)
- [§1862o–2. Reporting of research results](/usc/42/1862o-2.md)
- [§1862o–3. Sharing research results](/usc/42/1862o-3.md)
- [§1862o–4. Funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs](/usc/42/1862o-4.md)
- [§1862o–5. Meeting critical national science needs](/usc/42/1862o-5.md)
- [§1862o–6. Research on innovation and inventiveness](/usc/42/1862o-6.md)
- [§1862o–7. Cyberinfrastructure](/usc/42/1862o-7.md)
- [§1862o–8. Pilot program of grants for new investigators](/usc/42/1862o-8.md)
- [§1862o–9. Broader impacts merit review criterion](/usc/42/1862o-9.md)
- [§1862o–10. Advanced information and communications technology research](/usc/42/1862o-10.md)
- [§1862o–11. Repealed.](/usc/42/1862o-11.md)
- [§1862o–12. Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program](/usc/42/1862o-12.md)
- [§1862o–13. Professional science master’s degree programs](/usc/42/1862o-13.md)
- [§1862o–14. Major research instrumentation](/usc/42/1862o-14.md)
- [§1862o–15. Limit on proposals](/usc/42/1862o-15.md)
- [§1862p. National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics](/usc/42/1862p.md)
- [§1862p–1. National Science Foundation manufacturing research and education](/usc/42/1862p-1.md)
- [§1862p–2. Partnerships for innovation](/usc/42/1862p-2.md)
- [§1862p–3. Sustainable chemistry basic research](/usc/42/1862p-3.md)
- [§1862p–4. Undergraduate broadening participation program](/usc/42/1862p-4.md)
- [§1862p–5. Research experiences for high school students](/usc/42/1862p-5.md)
- [§1862p–6. Research experiences for undergraduates](/usc/42/1862p-6.md)
- [§1862p–7. STEM industry internship programs](/usc/42/1862p-7.md)
- [§1862p–8. Cyber-enabled learning for national challenges](/usc/42/1862p-8.md)
- [§1862p–9. Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research](/usc/42/1862p-9.md)
- [§1862p–10. Academic technology transfer and commercialization of university research](/usc/42/1862p-10.md)
- [§1862p–11. NSF grants in support of sponsored post-doctoral fellowship programs](/usc/42/1862p-11.md)
- [§1862p–12. Cloud computing research enhancement](/usc/42/1862p-12.md)
- [§1862p–13. Tribal colleges and universities program](/usc/42/1862p-13.md)
- [§1862p–14. Broader Impacts Review Criterion](/usc/42/1862p-14.md)
- [§1862p–15. Twenty-first century graduate education](/usc/42/1862p-15.md)
- [§1862q. Informal STEM education](/usc/42/1862q.md)
- [§1862r. Research in disabilities education](/usc/42/1862r.md)
- [§1862r–1. Dyslexia](/usc/42/1862r-1.md)
- [§1862s. Reaffirmation of merit-based peer review](/usc/42/1862s.md)
- [§1862s–1. Transparency and accountability](/usc/42/1862s-1.md)
- [§1862s–2. Oversight of NSF major multi-user research facility projects](/usc/42/1862s-2.md)
- [§1862s–3. Personnel oversight](/usc/42/1862s-3.md)
- [§1862s–4. Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative](/usc/42/1862s-4.md)
- [§1862s–5. Programs to expand STEM opportunities](/usc/42/1862s-5.md)
- [§1862s–6. Presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring](/usc/42/1862s-6.md)
- [§1862s–7. Computer science education research](/usc/42/1862s-7.md)
- [§1862s–8. Innovation Corps](/usc/42/1862s-8.md)
- [§1862s–9. Translational research grants](/usc/42/1862s-9.md)
- [§1862t. Supporting veterans in STEM education and computer science](/usc/42/1862t.md)
- [§1862u. NSF support of research on opioid addiction](/usc/42/1862u.md)
- [§1862v. National Science Foundation research](/usc/42/1862v.md)
- [§1862w. NSF support of research on impacts of social media on human trafficking](/usc/42/1862w.md)
- [§1863. National Science Board](/usc/42/1863.md)
- [§1864. Director of Foundation](/usc/42/1864.md)
- [§1864a. Deputy Director of the Foundation](/usc/42/1864a.md)
- [§1865. Executive Committee](/usc/42/1865.md)
- [§1866. Divisions within Foundation](/usc/42/1866.md)
- [§1867. Repealed.](/usc/42/1867.md)
- [§1868. Special commissions](/usc/42/1868.md)
- [§1869. Scholarships and graduate fellowships](/usc/42/1869.md)
- [§1869a. Contracts for precollege science or engineering curriculum development activities; inspection of materials by parent or guardian](/usc/42/1869a.md)
- [§1869b. Issuance of instructions to grantees of pre-college curriculum projects](/usc/42/1869b.md)
- [§1869c. Low-income scholarship program](/usc/42/1869c.md)
- [§1870. General authority of Foundation](/usc/42/1870.md)
- [§1870a. Buy-American requirements](/usc/42/1870a.md)
- [§1871. Disposition of inventions produced under contracts or other arrangements](/usc/42/1871.md)
- [§1872. International cooperation and coordination with foreign policy](/usc/42/1872.md)
- [§1872a. Repealed.](/usc/42/1872a.md)
- [§1873. Employment of personnel](/usc/42/1873.md)
- [§1873a. Repealed.](/usc/42/1873a.md)
- [§1874. Security provisions](/usc/42/1874.md)
- [§1875. Appropriations](/usc/42/1875.md)
- [§1875a. National Science Foundation Nonrecurring Expenses Fund](/usc/42/1875a.md)
- [§1876...1879. Repealed.](/usc/42/1876...1879.md)
- [§1880. National Medal of Science](/usc/42/1880.md)
- [§1881. Award of National Medal of Science](/usc/42/1881.md)
- [§1881a. Alan T. Waterman Award](/usc/42/1881a.md)
- [§1881b. Presidential awards for teaching excellence](/usc/42/1881b.md)
- [§1882. Information furnished to Congressional committees](/usc/42/1882.md)
- [§1883. Office of Small Business Research and Development](/usc/42/1883.md)
- [§1884. Repealed.](/usc/42/1884.md)
- [§1885. Congressional statement of findings and declaration of policy respecting equal opportunities in science and engineering](/usc/42/1885.md)
- [§1885a. Women in science and engineering; support of activities by Foundation for promotion, etc.](/usc/42/1885a.md)
- [§1885b. Participation in science and engineering of minorities and persons with disabilities](/usc/42/1885b.md)
- [§1885c. Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering](/usc/42/1885c.md)
- [§1885d. Biennial reports](/usc/42/1885d.md)
- [§1886. Data collection and analysis](/usc/42/1886.md)
- [§1886a. Data on specific fields of study](/usc/42/1886a.md)
- [§1887. Indemnification of grantees, contractors, and subcontractors under ocean drilling program; approvals and certifications by Director](/usc/42/1887.md)