Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§1862p–11 NSF grants in support of sponsored post-doctoral fellowship programs
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 16— - NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › § 1862p–11
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The NSF Director can use grant money for colleges and universities (see 20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). The Director can match private grants, in whole or in part, to support postdoctoral research that has commercial potential.
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Title 42, §1862p–11
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The Director of the National Science Foundation may utilize funds appropriated to carry out grants to institutions of higher education (as such term is defined in section 1001(a) of title 20) to provide financial support for post-graduate research in fields with potential commercial applications to match, in whole or in part, any private sector grant of financial assistance to any post-doctoral program in such a field of study.
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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.
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42 U.S.C. § 1862p–11
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73