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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§3227d National Intelligence University acceptance of grants

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - NATIONAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE › Part Part D— - National Intelligence University › § 3227d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of National Intelligence can let the National Intelligence University president accept certain research grants. A qualifying grant is one given competitively for a research project with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose and comes from a federal agency or an organization mainly set up for those purposes. The Director must set up an account for the grant money. The university must spend the money under the grant terms and rules. Appropriations may pay costs of applying for grants within limits set by Congress. The Director must write rules to run this program.

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Title 50, §3227d

War and National Defense — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Director of National Intelligence may authorize the President of the National Intelligence University to accept qualifying research grants.
(b)A qualifying research grant under this section is a grant that is awarded on a competitive basis by an entity referred to in subsection (c) for a research project with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose.
(c)A qualifying research grant may be accepted under this section only from a Federal agency or from a corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
(d)(1)The Director shall establish an account for administering funds received as qualifying research grants under this section.
(2)The President of the University shall use the funds in the account established pursuant to paragraph (1) in accordance with applicable provisions of the regulations and the terms and conditions of the grants received.
(e)Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for the National Intelligence University may be used to pay expenses incurred by the University in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the award of qualifying research grants.
(f)The Director of National Intelligence shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 1034 of act July 26, 1947, was renumbered section 1033 and is classified to section 3227c of this title.

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50 U.S.C. § 3227d

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73