Title 51, National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-110

§40307 Space Grant Fellowship Program

Title 51 › Subtitle IV — Aeronautics and Space Research and Education › CHAPTER 403 — NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM › § 40307

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must run a space grant fellowship program to give educational and training help to qualified people at the graduate level in fields related to space. Fellowships will follow guidelines the Administrator creates and will be given to individuals at space grant colleges, regional consortia, other colleges and higher-education institutions, professional associations, and institutes so the awards reach many different places and types of schools. In any fiscal year, the program’s grants cannot be more than 50 percent of the total funds appropriated for that year under this chapter. The Administrator may still sponsor other research fellowship programs created under other authority.

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Title 51, §40307

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(a)Award of Fellowships.—
The Administrator shall support a space grant fellowship program to provide educational and training assistance to qualified individuals at the graduate level of education in fields related to space. Such fellowships shall be awarded pursuant to guidelines established by the Administrator. Space grant fellowships shall be awarded to individuals at space grant colleges, space grant regional consortia, other colleges and institutions of higher education, professional associations, and institutes in such a manner as to ensure wide geographic and institutional diversity in the pursuit of research under the fellowship program.
(b)Limitation on Amount Provided.—
The total amount which may be provided for grants under the space grant fellowship program during any fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the total funds appropriated for such year pursuant to this chapter.
(c)Authority To Sponsor Other Research Fellowship Programs Unaffected.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Administrator from sponsoring any research fellowship program, including any special emphasis program, which is established under an authority other than this chapter.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4030742 U.S.C. 2486g.Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 209, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 874.

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51 U.S.C. § 40307

Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110