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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-83

§6338 University-based Research Collaboration Program

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part VI— ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B— Atomic Energy Defense › Chapter 608— ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS › Subchapter II— RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › § 6338

Last updated Apr 18, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must create a university program at a place best able to bring national labs, colleges and universities, and industry together. The program’s job is to keep U.S. science and engineering skills strong, involve universities in long-term research for defense and national security, and improve teamwork on key scientific and engineering problems.

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Title 10, §6338

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(a)Congress makes the following findings:
(1)The maintenance of scientific and engineering competence in the United States is vital to long-term national security and the defense and national security missions of the Department of Energy.
(2)Engaging the universities and colleges of the Nation in research on long-range problems of vital national security interest will be critical to solving the technology challenges faced within the defense and national security programs of the Department of Energy in the next century.
(3)Enhancing collaboration among the national laboratories, universities and colleges, and industry will contribute significantly to the performance of these Department of Energy missions.
(b)The Secretary of Energy shall establish a university program at a location that can develop the most effective collaboration among national laboratories, universities and colleges, and industry in support of scientific and engineering advancement in key Department of Energy defense and national security program areas.

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Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2795 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).

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10 U.S.C. § 6338

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 18, 2026

Release point: 119-83