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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§9457 Grants for Faculty Research for Scientific, Literary, and Educational Purposes: Acceptance; Authorized Grantees

Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART III — TRAINING › CHAPTER 953 — UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY › § 9457

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can let the Academy Superintendent take competitive research grants. The work must be done by an Academy professor or instructor and must be for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. Grants must come from groups set up mostly for those purposes, like foundations, corporations, funds, or schools. The Secretary will create an account to hold and manage the grant money. The Superintendent must spend the money according to the grant rules and regulations. Academy funds can pay costs to apply for grants if appropriations laws allow it. The Secretary must write rules to run the program.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §9457

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Acceptance of Research Grants.—
The Secretary of the Air Force may authorize the Superintendent of the Academy to accept qualifying research grants under this section. Any such grant may only be accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried out by a professor or instructor of the Academy for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose.
(b)Qualifying Grants.—
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)Entities From Which Grants May be Accepted.—
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)Administration of Grant Funds.—
The Secretary shall establish an account for administering funds received as research grants under this section. The Superintendent shall use the funds in the account in accordance with applicable regulations and the terms and conditions of the grants received.
(e)Related Expenses.—
Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for the Academy may be used to pay expenses incurred by the Academy in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, award of a qualifying research grant.
(f)Regulations.—
The Secretary of the Air Force 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 9357 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. § 9457

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110