§1862p–7 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Director can award competitive, merit-based grants to colleges or groups of colleges to build or expand partnerships with local or regional private companies and industry groups. The grants must give undergraduate STEM students internships that connect what they learn in class with real work. Manufacturing internships are allowed. Grant money can pay for hands-on learning, industry-related courses and materials, outreach to high schools, mentorships with partners, and activities that raise awareness of career paths and needed skills. Priority goes to schools that show strong local coordination with private companies and the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology (title 15, section 278k(a)) to create courses leading to needed skills or certificates. The Foundation must reach out to rural colleges and companies. Partnerships must provide a 50 percent non-Federal match. Federal funds cannot pay student stipends unless private companies cover 75 percent of that cost, and Federal funds cannot be paid to private companies except colleges. At least 3 years after January 4, 2011, the Director must report to Congress on awards, money, students served, job outcomes evidence, and students’ economic and ethnic breakdown.

Title 42, §1862p–7

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(a)The Director may award grants, on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis, to institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, to establish or expand partnerships with local or regional private sector entities, for the purpose of providing undergraduate students with integrated internship experiences that connect private sector internship experiences with the students’ STEM coursework. The partnerships may also include industry or professional associations.

(b)The grants awarded under subsection (a) may include internship programs in the manufacturing sector.

(c)Grants under this section may be used—

(1)to develop and implement hands-on learning opportunities;

(2)to develop curricula and instructional materials related to industry, including the manufacturing sector;

(3)to perform outreach to secondary schools;

(4)to develop mentorship programs for students with partner organizations; and

(5)to conduct activities to support awareness of career opportunities and skill requirements.

(d)In awarding grants under this section, the Director shall give priority to institutions of higher education or consortia thereof that demonstrate significant outreach to and coordination with local or regional private sector entities and Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology established by section 278k(a) 33 See References in Text note below. of title 15 in developing academic courses designed to provide students with the skills or certifications necessary for employment in local or regional companies.

(c)The Foundation shall conduct outreach to institutions of higher education and private sector entities in rural areas to encourage those entities to participate in partnerships under this section.

(d)The Director shall require a 50 percent non-Federal cost-share from partnerships established or expanded under this section.

(e)No Federal funds provided under this section may be used—

(1)for the purpose of providing stipends or compensation to students for private sector internships unless private sector entities match 75 percent of such funding; or

(2)as payment or reimbursement to private sector entities, except for institutions of higher education.

(f)Not less than 3 years after January 4, 2011, the Director shall submit a report to Congress on the number and total value of awards made under this section, the number of students affected by those awards, any evidence of the effect of those awards on workforce preparation and jobs placement for participating students, and an economic and ethnic breakdown of the participating students.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 278k of title 15, referred to in subsec. (d), was amended generally by Pub. L. 114–329, title V, § 501(b), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 3023, and, as so amended, relates to the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Codification Section was enacted as part of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, also known as the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010, and also as part of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2010, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 111–358, set out as a note under section 6621 of this title, and section 502 of Pub. L. 111–358, set out as a note under section 1862p of this title.

§1862p–7 STEM industry internship programs