Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§19057 Food-energy-water Research
Title 42 › Chapter 163— RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION › Subchapter III— NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE › Part E— Fundamental Research › § 19057
Summary
The Director must give competitive awards to colleges, universities, nonprofits, or consortia to advance understanding of food, energy, and water systems using modeling and cyberinfrastructure; build real-time digital decision tools; support research for innovative solutions; and grow the workforce through education and training.
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Title 42, §19057
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The Director shall make awards on a competitive basis to institutions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to—
(1)support research to significantly advance our understanding of the food-energy-water system through quantitative and computational modeling, including support for relevant cyberinfrastructure;
(2)develop real-time, cyber-enabled interfaces that improve understanding of the behavior of food-energy-water systems and increase decision support capability;
(3)support research that will lead to innovative solutions to critical food-energy-water system problems; and
(4)grow the scientific workforce capable of studying and managing the food-energy-water system, through education and other professional development.
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42 U.S.C. § 19057
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60