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

§19064 Biological Research Collections

Title 42 › Chapter 163— RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION › Subchapter III— NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE › Part E— Fundamental Research › § 19064

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must keep supporting work that protects and improves physical and digital biological research collections, makes them easier to use for research and teaching, builds curation and management skills, and moves important collections to museums or universities. Working with other federal research agencies when needed, the Director must require grant proposals that collect or create specimens to include, in the data management plan under section 19053, how specimens and data will be deposited and maintained in an established collection. The Director will also award competitive grants to colleges and nonprofits to help communities share data, train staff, evaluate efforts, develop business models, and create an Action Center for Biological Collections.

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Title 42, §19064

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(a)The Director shall continue to support databases, tools, methods, and other activities that secure and improve existing physical and digital biological research collections, improve the accessibility of collections and collection-related data for research and educational purposes, develop capacity for curation and collection management, and to transfer ownership of collections that are significant to the biological research community, including to museums and universities.

(b)In consultation with other relevant Federal research agencies, and as the Director determines is appropriate, the Director shall require that proposals submitted to the Foundation for funding for research that involves collecting or generating specimens include, as part of the data management plan under section 19053 of this title, a description of how the specimens and associated data will be accessioned into and maintained in an established biological collection.

(c)In coordination with other relevant Federal research agencies, as appropriate, 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 facilitate coordination and data sharing among communities of practice for research, education, workforce training, evaluation, and business model development, including by establishing an Action Center for Biological Collections.

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42 U.S.C. § 19064

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60