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Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§4706 Scholarship and research internship conditions

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 59— - BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION PROGRAM › § 4706

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Foundation will only pay scholarship money when it finds the student is keeping up good progress under the Board’s rules. The Foundation can ask scholarship recipients to send reports when it wants. Those reports usually need a signed note from an approved school official saying the student is making satisfactory progress and is working basically full time, unless (a) says otherwise. The same rules apply to research interns. Interns get payments only while the Foundation finds they are keeping up good progress under the Board’s rules. The Foundation can require reports and may ask for a certificate from an approved school official or the internship employer saying the intern is making satisfactory progress.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §4706

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(a)A person awarded a scholarship under this chapter may receive payments authorized under this chapter only during such periods as the Foundation finds that the person is maintaining satisfactory proficiency pursuant to regulations of the Board.
(b)The Foundation may require reports containing such information in such form and to be filed at such times as the Foundation determines to be necessary from any person awarded a scholarship under this chapter. Such reports shall be accompanied by a certificate from an appropriate official at the institution of higher education, approved by the Foundation, stating that such person is making satisfactory progress in, and is devoting essentially full time to study or research, except as otherwise provided in subsection (a).
(c)A person awarded a research internship under this chapter may receive payments authorized under this chapter only during such periods as the Foundation finds that the person is maintaining satisfactory proficiency pursuant to regulations of the Board.
(d)The Foundation may require reports containing such information in such form and to be filed at such times as the Foundation determines to be necessary from any person awarded a research internship under this chapter. Such reports may be accompanied by a certificate from an appropriate official at the institution of higher education or internship employer, approved by the Foundation, stating that such person is maintaining satisfactory progress in the internship.

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Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–81, § 6305(1), inserted “and research internship” after “Scholarship” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–81, § 6305(2), substituted “Scholarship conditions” for “In general” in heading and struck out “and devoting full time to study or research and is not engaging in gainful employment other than employment approved by the Foundation” after “satisfactory proficiency” in text. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–81, § 6305(3), substituted “Reports on scholarships” for “Reports” in heading. Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 117–81, § 6305(4), added subsecs. (c) and (d).

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 4706

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73