Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110
§1881a Alan T. Waterman Award
Title 42 › CHAPTER 16 — NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › § 1881a
Summary
The National Science Foundation can create the Alan T. Waterman Award in many science fields. It gives a medal and a research grant, with amounts and terms set periodically by the National Science Board, to recognize and encourage younger scientists who show exceptional promise. No more than three awards per fiscal year.
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Title 42, §1881a
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(a)Establishment; amounts; terms
The National Science Foundation is authorized to establish the Alan T. Waterman Award for research or advanced study in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, engineering, behavioral, social, or other sciences. The award authorized by this section shall consist of a suitable medal and a grant to support further research or study by the recipient. The National Science Board will periodically establish the amounts and terms of such grants under this section.
(b)Purpose
Awards under this section shall be made to recognize and encourage the work of younger scientists whose capabilities and accomplishments show exceptional promise of significant future achievement.
(c)Number
Not more than three awards may be made under this section in any one fiscal year.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act, 1976, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.
Amendments
2007—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–69 amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: “No more than one award shall be made under this section in any one fiscal year.” 1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–207 substituted “social,” for “social, social,”. 1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–159 substituted provisions requiring the National Science Board to periodically establish amounts and terms of grants, for provisions limiting the grant awarded to $50,000 per year for a period not exceeding three years. 1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–516 inserted “, behavioral, social” after “engineering”.
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42 U.S.C. § 1881a
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110