Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§1862o–6 Research on Innovation and Inventiveness
Title 42 › CHAPTER 16 — NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › § 1862o–6
Summary
As part of its work on science policy and on how people learn, the Foundation can fund studies about how new ideas and inventions happen and how to teach people to be inventive.
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Title 42, §1862o–6
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In carrying out its research programs on science policy and on the science of learning, the Foundation may support research on the process of innovation and the teaching of inventiveness.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the America COMPETES Act, also known as the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act, 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 7001 of Pub. L. 110–69, set out as a note under section 1862o of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 1862o–6
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102