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

§18998 Mandatory Cost-sharing

Title 42 › Chapter 163— RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION › Subchapter III— NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE › Part B— STEM Education › § 18998

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Cost-sharing rules for the Major Research Instrumentation Program and for teaching fellowships in the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program are waived for five years after August 9, 2022. Within that five-year period, the Director must send Congress a report that includes feedback from the research community and covers five things: program and scientific goals; how institutions commit to and manage federal funds; institutional planning and administrative burden; fairness among recipient institutions; and recommendations on whether to extend or make the waivers permanent.

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Title 42, §18998

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(a)The cost-sharing requirements under section 1862o-14(c) of this title for the Major Research Instrumentation Program and under section 1862n-1a(i) of this title for teaching fellowships administered within the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program are waived for a period of 5 years following August 9, 2022.

(b)Not later than 5 years following August 9, 2022, the Director shall submit to Congress an assessment, that includes feedback from the research community, of the impacts of the waivers provided under subsection (a), including—

(1)programmatic and scientific goals;

(2)institutional commitment and stewardship of Federal resources;

(3)institutional strategic planning and administrative burden;

(4)equity among recipient institutions; and

(5)recommendations for or against extending or making permanent such waivers.

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42 U.S.C. § 18998

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60