Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§19059 Sustainable Chemistry Research and Education

Title 42 › CHAPTER 163 — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE › Part E — Fundamental Research › § 19059

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must run programs to boost sustainable chemistry. They must create a competitive grant program for colleges, universities, nonprofits, or their groups to fund individual researchers (including early-career), university‑industry‑nonprofit research teams, and adding sustainable chemistry into K–12, undergraduate, and graduate teaching and training. The Director must also add sustainable chemistry into the Foundation’s existing research and development programs.

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Title 42, §19059

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In accordance with section 9303 of title 15, the Director shall carry out activities in support of sustainable chemistry, including—

(1)establishing a program to make awards, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to support—

(A)individual investigators and teams of investigators, including to the extent practicable, early career investigators for research and development;

(B)collaborative research and development partnerships among universities, industry, and non-profit organizations;

(C)integrating sustainable chemistry principles into elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate chemistry and chemical engineering curriculum and research training, as appropriate to that level of education and training; and

(2)incorporating sustainable chemistry into existing Foundation research and development programs.

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42 U.S.C. § 19059

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102