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Title 51 — National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-73

§40307 Space grant fellowship program

Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— - Aeronautics and Space Research and Education › Chapter CHAPTER 403— - NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM › § 40307

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Administrator must fund a space grant fellowship program for qualified graduate students in space-related fields. Awards follow rules the Administrator sets and go to space grant colleges, consortia, and other institutions to ensure wide geographic reach and many types of schools. In any fiscal year, grants may not exceed 50 percent of funds appropriated under this chapter. Administrator may run other fellowship programs under different authority.

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Title 51, §40307

National and Commercial Space Programs — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Administrator shall support a space grant fellowship program to provide educational and training assistance to qualified individuals at the graduate level of education in fields related to space. Such fellowships shall be awarded pursuant to guidelines established by the Administrator. Space grant fellowships shall be awarded to individuals at space grant colleges, space grant regional consortia, other colleges and institutions of higher education, professional associations, and institutes in such a manner as to ensure wide geographic and institutional diversity in the pursuit of research under the fellowship program.
(b)The total amount which may be provided for grants under the space grant fellowship program during any fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the total funds appropriated for such year pursuant to this chapter.
(c)Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Administrator from sponsoring any research fellowship program, including any special emphasis program, which is established under an authority other than this chapter.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4030742 U.S.C. 2486g.Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 209, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 874.

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51 U.S.C. § 40307

Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73