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51 U.S.C. § 40308 — Space grant review panel
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**(a) Establishment.—** The Administrator shall establish an independent committee known as the space grant review panel, which shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 10 of title 5.
**(b) Duties.—** The panel shall take such steps as may be necessary to review, and shall advise the Administrator with respect to—
(1) applications or proposals for, and performance under, grants and contracts awarded pursuant to sections 40304 and 40305 of this title;
(2) the space grant fellowship program;
(3) the designation and operation of space grant colleges and space grant regional consortia, and the operation of space grant and fellowship programs;
(4) the formulation and application of the planning guidelines and priorities pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1) of [section 40303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40303&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) such other matters as the Administrator refers to the panel for review and advice.
**(c) Personnel and Administrative Services.—** The Administrator shall make available to the panel any information, personnel, and administrative services and assistance which is reasonable to carry out the duties of the panel.
**(d) Members.—**
(1) **Appointment.—** — The Administrator shall appoint the voting members of the panel. A majority of the voting members shall be individuals who, by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are especially qualified in one or more of the disciplines and fields related to space. The other voting members shall be individuals who, by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are especially qualified in, or representative of, education, extension services, State government, industry, economics, planning, or any other activity rela
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**(a) Establishment.—** The Administrator shall establish an independent committee known as the space grant review panel, which shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 10 of title 5.
**(b) Duties.—** The panel shall take such steps as may be necessary to review, and shall advise the Administrator with respect to—
(1) applications or proposals for, and performance under, grants and contracts awarded pursuant to sections 40304 and 40305 of this title;
(2) the space grant fellowship program;
(3) the designation and operation of space grant colleges and space grant regional consortia, and the operation of space grant and fellowship programs;
(4) the formulation and application of the planning guidelines and priorities pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1) of [section 40303 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40303&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) such other matters as the Administrator refers to the panel for review and advice.
**(c) Personnel and Administrative Services.—** The Administrator shall make available to the panel any information, personnel, and administrative services and assistance which is reasonable to carry out the duties of the panel.
**(d) Members.—**
(1) **Appointment.—** — The Administrator shall appoint the voting members of the panel. A majority of the voting members shall be individuals who, by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are especially qualified in one or more of the disciplines and fields related to space. The other voting members shall be individuals who, by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are especially qualified in, or representative of, education, extension services, State government, industry, economics, planning, or any other activity related to efforts to enhance the understanding, assessment, development, or utilization of space resources. The Administrator shall consider the potential conflict of interest of any individual in making appointments to the panel.
(2) **Chairman and vice chairman.—** — The Administrator shall select one voting member to serve as the Chairman and another voting member to serve as the Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence or incapacity of the Chairman.
(3) **Reimbursement for expenses.—** — Voting members of the panel who are not Federal employees shall be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of such duties.
(4) **Meetings.—** — The panel shall meet on a biannual basis and, at any other time, at the call of the Chairman or upon the request of a majority of the voting members or of the Administrator.
(5) **Powers.—** — The panel may exercise such powers as are reasonably necessary in order to carry out the duties enumerated in subsection (b).
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**(a) Establishment.—** The Administrator shall establish and maintain, within the Administration, a program to be known as the national space grant college and fellowship program. The national space grant college and fellowship program shall consist of the financial assistance and other activities provided for in this chapter. The Administrator shall establish long-range planning guidelines and priorities, and adequately evaluate the program.
**(b) Functions.—** Within the Administration, the program shall—
(1) apply the long-range planning guidelines and the priorities established by the Administrator under subsection (a);
(2) advise the Administrator with respect to the expertise and capabilities which are available through the national space grant college and fellowship program, and make such expertise available to the Administration as directed by the Administrator;
(3) evaluate activities conducted under grants and contracts awarded pursuant to sections 40304 and 40305 of this title to ensure that the purposes set forth in [section 40301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40301&num=0&edition=prelim) are implemented;
(4) encourage other Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to use and take advantage of the expertise and capabilities which are available through the national space grant college and fellowship program, on a cooperative or other basis;
(5) encourage cooperation and coordination with other Federal programs concerned with the development of space resources and fields related to space;
(6) advise the Administrator on the designation of recipients supported by the national space grant college and fellowship program and, in appropriate cases, on the termination or suspension of an
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### Statutory Notes
Section 2486a, Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 203, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 869, related to congressional statement of purposes. See [section 40301 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40301&num=0&edition=prelim), National and Commercial Space Programs.
Section 2486b, Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 204, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 870, related to definitions. See [section 40302 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40302&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 2486c, Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 205, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 871, related to national space grant college and fellowship program. See [section 40303 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40303&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 2486d, Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 206, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 872, related to grants or contracts. See [section 40304 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40304&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 2486e, Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 207, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 873, related to identification of specific national needs and problems relating to space and grants or contracts with respect to such needs or problems. See [section 40305 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40305&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 2486f, Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 208, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 873, related to space grant college and space grant regional consortium. See [section 40306 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40306&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 2486g, Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 209, Oct.
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In this chapter:
(1) **Aeronautical and space activities.—** — The term “aeronautical and space activities” has the meaning given the term in [section 20103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section20103&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Field related to space.—** — The term “field related to space” means any academic discipline or field of study (including the physical, natural, and biological sciences, and engineering, space technology, education, economics, sociology, communications, planning, law, international affairs, and public administration) which is concerned with or likely to improve the understanding, assessment, development, and utilization of space.
(3) **Panel.—** — The term “panel” means the space grant review panel established pursuant to [section 40308 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40308&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Person.—** — The term “person” means any individual, any public or private corporation, partnership, or other association or entity (including any space grant college, space grant regional consortium, institution of higher education, institute, or laboratory), or any State, political subdivision of a State, or agency or officer of a State or political subdivision of a State.
(5) **Space environment.—** — The term “space environment” means the environment beyond the sensible atmosphere of the Earth.
(6) **Space grant college.—** — The term “space grant college” means any public or private institution of higher education which is designated as such by the Administrator pursuant to [section 40306 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section40306&num=0&edition=prelim).
(7) **Space grant
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TITLE 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS
§ 40307
(2) guidelines relating to the activities and
responsibilities of space grant colleges and
space grant regional consortia.
(c) SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF DESIGNA-
TION.—The Administrator may, for cause and
after an opportunity for hearing, suspend or ter-
minate any designation under subsection (a).
(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3386.)
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Source (Statutes at Large)
40306 ..........
42 U.S.C. 2486f.
Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 208,
Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 873.
§ 40307. Space grant fellowship program
(a) AWARD
OF
FELLOWSHIPS.—The Adminis-
trator shall support a space grant fellowship
program to provide educational and training as-
sistance 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 indi-
viduals at space grant colleges, space grant re-
gional 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 pro-
gram.
(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 fel-
lows
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