Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§288a Visiting Scientist Awards

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part G — Awards and Training › § 288a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give Visiting Scientist Awards to outstanding scientists who agree to work as visiting scientists at colleges with many disadvantaged students. The awards let faculty and students get guidance on research, teaching, and curriculum in the biomedical and behavioral sciences and related areas the Secretary finds appropriate. Each award pays an amount that matches the scientist’s regular or most recent salary. The Secretary sets the eligibility and other rules.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §288a

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(a)The Secretary may make awards (hereafter in this section referred to as “Visiting Scientist Awards”) to outstanding scientists who agree to serve as visiting scientists at institutions of postsecondary education which have significant enrollments of disadvantaged students. Visiting Scientist Awards shall be made by the Secretary to enable the faculty and students of such institutions to draw upon the special talents of scientists from other institutions for the purpose of receiving guidance, advice, and instruction with regard to research, teaching, and curriculum development in the biomedical and behavioral sciences and such other aspects of these sciences as the Secretary shall deem appropriate.

(b)The amount of each Visiting Scientist Award shall include such sum as shall be commensurate with the salary or remuneration which the individual receiving the award would have been entitled to receive from the institution with which the individual has, or had, a permanent or immediately prior affiliation. Eligibility for and terms of Visiting Scientist Awards shall be determined in accordance with regulations the Secretary shall prescribe.

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42 U.S.C. § 288a

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102