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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§1862n–10 Minority-serving Institutions Undergraduate Program

Title 42 › Chapter 16— NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › § 1862n–10

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director can create a new competitive, merit-reviewed grant program for Hispanic-serving, Alaska Native-serving, Native Hawaiian-serving, and other colleges that serve many minority students. The goal is to improve undergraduate science, math, engineering, and technology education and raise retention and graduation rates for students working on associate’s or baccalaureate degrees. Grants may pay to improve STEM courses and curriculum, support faculty development, give stipends to undergraduates doing research, and fund other activities the Director approves. The program must work with and be in addition to the existing Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program and the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program. Funding can also be used to buy instruments for this program and for those two programs.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1862n–10

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Director is authorized to establish a new program to award grants on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis to Hispanic-serving institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions, Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, and other institutions of higher education serving a substantial number of minority students to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering education at such institutions and to increase the retention and graduation rates of students pursuing associate’s or baccalaureate degrees in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology.
(b)Grants awarded under this section shall support—
(1)activities to improve courses and curriculum in science, mathematics, and engineering;
(2)faculty development;
(3)stipends for undergraduate students participating in research; and
(4)other activities consistent with subsection (a), as determined by the Director.
(c)This program shall be coordinated with and in addition to the ongoing Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program and the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program.
(d)Funding for instrumentation is an allowed use of grants awarded under this section and under the ongoing Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program and the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–368, set out as a note under section 1862n of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1862n–10

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60