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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60

§8594 Marine Corps University: Acceptance of Grants for Faculty Research for Scientific, Literary, and Educational Purposes

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps › Part III— EDUCATION AND TRAINING › Chapter 859— PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION SCHOOLS › § 8594

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy may let the Marine Corps University president accept certain research grants. The grants must be competitively awarded for scientific, literary, or educational projects and must be done by a professor or instructor at the University. Grants can only come from groups like corporations, foundations, funds, or schools that exist mainly for those purposes. The Secretary will set up an account for the grant money. The president must spend the funds under the grant terms and Navy rules. Appropriated money may pay costs of applying for or seeking grants if funding laws allow. The Secretary must issue rules to manage this.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8594

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of the Navy may authorize the President of the Marine Corps University to accept qualifying research grants. Any such grant may only be accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried out by a professor or instructor of one of the institutions comprising the University for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose.
(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 grant may be accepted under this section only from a corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or educational purposes.
(d)The Secretary shall establish an account for administering funds received as research grants under this section. The President of the Marine Corps University shall use the funds in the account in accordance with applicable provisions of the regulations and the terms and condition of the grants received.
(e)Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for the Marine Corps 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 Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7104 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8594

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60