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20 U.S.C. § 1067k — Administrative provisions
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**(a) Technical staff** The Secretary shall appoint, without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, not less than 2 technical employees with appropriate scientific and educational background to administer the programs under this part who may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates.
**(b) Procedures for grant review** The Secretary shall establish procedures for reviewing and evaluating grants and contracts made or entered into under such programs. Procedures for reviewing grant applications, based on the peer review system, or contracts for financial assistance under this subchapter may not be subject to any review outside of officials responsible for the administration of the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Programs.
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**(a) Technical staff** The Secretary shall appoint, without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, not less than 2 technical employees with appropriate scientific and educational background to administer the programs under this part who may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates.
**(b) Procedures for grant review** The Secretary shall establish procedures for reviewing and evaluating grants and contracts made or entered into under such programs. Procedures for reviewing grant applications, based on the peer review system, or contracts for financial assistance under this subchapter may not be subject to any review outside of officials responsible for the administration of the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Programs.
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**(a) Program establishment**
(1) **In general** — Beginning in fiscal year 1999, the Secretary shall establish a program to be known as the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology (referred to in this subsection as the “program”). The purpose of the program shall be to strengthen the technological competitiveness of those States that have historically received less Federal research and development funds than those received by a majority of the States.
(2) **Arrangements** — In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall—
(A) enter into such arrangements as may be necessary to provide for the coordination of the program through the State committees established under the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research of the National Science Foundation; and
(B) cooperate with—
(i) any State science and technology council established under the program under subparagraph (A); and
(ii) representatives of small business firms and other appropriate technology-based businesses.
(3) **Grants and cooperative agreements** — In carrying out the program, the Secretary may make grants or enter into cooperative agreements to provide for—
(A) technology research and development;
(B) technology transfer from university research;
(C) technology deployment and diffusion; and
(D) the strengthening of technological capabilities through consortia comprised of—
(i) technology-based small business firms;
(ii) industries and emerging companies;
(iii) universities; and
(iv) State and local development agencies and entities.
(4) **Requirements for making awards**
(A) *In general* — In making awards under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that the awards are awarded on a competitive basis that includes a re
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**(a) In general** The Institute shall award grants, from amounts available to the Institute for each fiscal year, to historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribally controlled colleges or universities, and minority institutions, to enable such colleges, universities, and institutions to strengthen international affairs, international business, and foreign language study programs, including the teaching of foreign languages, at such colleges, universities, and institutions, respectively, which may include collaboration with institutions of higher education that receive funding under this subchapter.
**(b) Application** No grant may be made by the Institute unless an application is made by the college, university, or institution at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Institute may require.
**(c) Definitions** In this section—
(1) the term “Hispanic-serving institution” has the meaning given the term in [section 1101a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1101a&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) the term “minority institution” has the meaning given the term in [section 1067k of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1067k&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Institutional payments**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall (in addition to stipends paid to individuals under this subpart) pay to the institution of higher education, for each individual awarded a fellowship under this subpart at such institution, an institutional allowance. Except as provided in paragraph (2), such allowance shall be, for 2009–2010 and succeeding academic years, the same amount as the institutional payment made for 2008–2009 adjusted annually thereafter in accordance with inflation as determined by the Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index for the previous calendar year.
(2) **Reduction** — The institutional allowance paid under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the amount the institution charges and collects from a fellowship recipient for tuition and other expenses as part of the recipient’s instructional program.
**(b) Use for overhead prohibited** Funds made available pursuant to this subpart may not be used for the general operational overhead of the academic department or program.
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**(a) Solar energy technologies** The Secretary shall—
(1) prepare a detailed roadmap for carrying out the provisions in this subchapter related to solar energy technologies and for implementing the recommendations related to solar energy technologies that are included in the report transmitted under subsection (e);
(2) provide for the establishment of 5 projects in geographic areas that are regionally and climatically diverse to demonstrate the production of hydrogen at solar energy facilities, including one demonstration project at a National Laboratory or institution of higher education;
(3) establish a program—
(A) to develop optimized concentrating solar power devices that may be used for the production of both electricity and hydrogen; and
(B) to evaluate the use of thermochemical cycles for hydrogen production at the temperatures attainable with concentrating solar power devices;
(4) coordinate with activities sponsored by the Department’s Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology on high-temperature materials, thermochemical cycles, and economic issues related to solar energy;
(5) provide for the construction and operation of new concentrating solar power devices or solar power cogeneration facilities that produce hydrogen either concurrently with, or independently of, the production of electricity;
(6) support existing facilities and programs of study related to concentrating solar power devices; and
(7) establish a program—
(A) to develop methods that use electricity from photovoltaic devices for the onsite production of hydrogen, such that no intermediate transmission or distribution infrastructure is required or used and future demand growth may be accommodated;
(B) to evaluate the economics of small-scale electrolysis for hydrogen
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**(a) Grant awards** The Director of the Office of Science of the Department (referred to in this section as the “Director”) shall carry out a program to award grants to scientists and engineers at an early career stage at institutions of higher education and organizations described in subsection (c) to conduct research in fields relevant to the mission of the Department.
**(b) Amount and duration**
(1) **Amount** — The amount of a grant awarded under this section shall be—
(A) not less than $80,000; and
(B) not more than $125,000.
(2) **Duration** — The term of a grant awarded under this section shall be not more than 5 years.
**(c) Eligibility**
(1) **In general** — To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an individual shall, as determined by the Director—
(A) subject to paragraph (2), have completed a doctorate or other terminal degree not more than 10 years before the date on which the proposal for a grant is submitted under subsection (e)(1);
(B) have demonstrated promise in a science, engineering, or mathematics field relevant to the missions of the Department; and
(C) be employed—
(i) in a tenure track-position as an assistant professor or equivalent title at an institution of higher education in the United States;
(ii) at an organization in the United States that is a nonprofit, nondegree-granting research organization such as a museum, observatory, or research laboratory; or
(iii) as a scientist at a National Laboratory.
(2) **Waiver** — Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A), the Director may determine that an individual who has completed a doctorate more than 10 years before the date of submission of a proposal under subsection (e)(1) is eligible to receive a grant under this section if the individual was unable to
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**(a) University Transportation Centers Program.—**
(1) **Establishment and operation.—** — The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”), shall make grants under this section to eligible nonprofit institutions of higher education to establish and operate university transportation centers.
(2) **Role of centers.—** — The role of each university transportation center referred to in paragraph (1) shall be—
(A) to advance transportation expertise and technology in the varied disciplines that comprise the field of transportation through education, research, and technology transfer activities;
(B) to provide for a critical multimodal transportation knowledge base outside of the Department of Transportation; and
(C) to address critical workforce needs and educate the next generation of transportation leaders with respect to the matters described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 6503(c)(1).
**(b) Competitive Selection Process.—**
(1) **Applications.—** — To receive a grant under this section, a consortium of nonprofit institutions of higher education shall submit to the Secretary an application that is in such form and contains such information as the Secretary may require.
(2) **Restriction.—**
(A) *Limitation.—* — A lead institution of a consortium of nonprofit institutions of higher education, as applicable, may only receive 1 grant per fiscal year as a lead institution under this section, except as provided in subparagraph (B).
(B) *Exception for consortium members that are not lead institutions.—* — Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a nonprofit institution of higher education that is a member of a consortium of nonprofit institutions of h
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1067k
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998,
except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see sec-
tion 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section
1001 of this title.
§ 1067i. Cross program and cross agency coopera-
tion
The Minority Science and Engineering Im-
provement Programs shall cooperate and con-
sult with other programs within the Department
and within Federal, State, and private agencies
which carry out programs to improve the qual-
ity of science, mathematics, and engineering
education.
(Pub. L. 89–329, title III, § 363, formerly title X,
§ 1043, as added Pub. L. 99–498, title X, § 1002, Oct.
17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1564; amended Pub. L. 102–325,
title X, § 1002(d), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 780; re-
numbered title III, § 363, Pub. L. 105–244, title III,
§ 301(a)(5), (7), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1636.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 1135d–2 of
this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 105–244.
AMENDMENTS
1992—Pub. L. 102–325 inserted ‘‘and consult’’ after ‘‘co-
operate’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–325 effective Oct. 1, 1992,
see section 2 of Pub. L. 102–325, set out as a note under
section 1001 of this title.
§ 1067j. Administrative provisions
(a) Technical staff
The Secretary shall appoint, without regard to
the provisions of title 5 governing appointments
in the competitive service, not less than 2 tech-
nical employees with appropriate scientific and
educational background to administer the pro-
grams under this part who may be paid without
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-
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