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15 U.S.C. § 3706 — Grants and cooperative agreements
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**(a) In general** The Secretary may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements according to the provisions of this section in order to assist any activity consistent with this chapter, including activities performed by individuals.
**(b) Eligibility and procedure** Any person or institution may apply to the Secretary for a grant or cooperative agreement available under this section. Application shall be made in such form and manner, and with such content and other submissions, as the Assistant Secretary shall prescribe. The Secretary shall act upon each such application within 90 days after the date on which all required information is received.
**(c) Terms and conditions**
(1) Any grant made, or cooperative agreement entered into, under this section shall be subject to the limitations and provisions set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection, and to such other terms, conditions, and requirements as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate.
(2) Any person who receives or utilizes any proceeds of any grant made or cooperative agreement entered into under this section shall keep such records as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe as being necessary and appropriate to facilitate effective audit and evaluation, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of such proceeds, the total cost of the program or project in connection with which such proceeds were used, and the amount, if any, of such costs which was provided through other sources.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements according to the provisions of this section in order to assist any activity consistent with this chapter, including activities performed by individuals.
**(b) Eligibility and procedure** Any person or institution may apply to the Secretary for a grant or cooperative agreement available under this section. Application shall be made in such form and manner, and with such content and other submissions, as the Assistant Secretary shall prescribe. The Secretary shall act upon each such application within 90 days after the date on which all required information is received.
**(c) Terms and conditions**
(1) Any grant made, or cooperative agreement entered into, under this section shall be subject to the limitations and provisions set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection, and to such other terms, conditions, and requirements as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate.
(2) Any person who receives or utilizes any proceeds of any grant made or cooperative agreement entered into under this section shall keep such records as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe as being necessary and appropriate to facilitate effective audit and evaluation, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of such proceeds, the total cost of the program or project in connection with which such proceeds were used, and the amount, if any, of such costs which was provided through other sources.
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**(a) Establishment and provisions** The National Science Foundation shall provide assistance for the establishment of Cooperative Research Centers. Such Centers shall be affiliated with a university, or other nonprofit institution, or a group thereof. The objective of the Centers is to enhance technological innovation as provided in [section 3705(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3705/a&num=0&edition=prelim) through the conduct of activities as provided in [section 3705(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3705/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Planning grants** The National Science Foundation is authorized to make available nonrenewable planning grants to universities or nonprofit institutions for the purpose of developing the plan, as described under [section 3705(c)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3705/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Terms and conditions** Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements entered into by the National Science Foundation in execution of the powers and duties of the National Science Foundation under this chapter shall be governed by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 [[42 U.S.C. 1861](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1861&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and other pertinent Acts.
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**(a) Designation.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall designate each science and technology reinvention laboratory as a Center for Science, Technology, and Engineering Partnership (in this section referred to as “Centers”) in the recognized core competencies of the designee.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a policy to encourage the Secretary of each military department to reengineer management and business processes and adopt best-business and personnel practices at the Centers of the Secretary concerned in connection with the capability requirements of the Centers, so as to serve as recognized leaders in such capabilities throughout the Department of Defense and in the national technology and industrial base.
(3) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the directors of the Centers, may conduct one or more pilot programs, consistent with applicable requirements of law, to test any practices referred to in paragraph (2) that the Directors determine could—
(A) improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations at Centers;
(B) improve the support provided by the Centers for the elements of the Department of Defense who use the services of the Centers; and
(C) enhance capabilities by reducing the cost and improving the performance and efficiency of executing laboratory missions.
**(b) Public-private Partnerships.—**
(1) To achieve one or more objectives set forth in paragraph (2), the Secretary may authorize and establish incentives for the Director of a Center to enter into public-private cooperative arrangements (in this section referred to as a “public-private partnership”) to provide for any of the following:
(A) For employees of the Center, academia, private industr
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall provide assistance for the establishment of Cooperative Research Centers. Such Centers shall be affiliated with any university, or other nonprofit institution, or group thereof, that applies for and is awarded a grant or enters into a cooperative agreement under this section. The objective of the Centers is to enhance technological innovation through—
(1) the participation of individuals from industry and universities in cooperative technological innovation activities;
(2) the development of the generic research base, important for technological advance and innovative activity, in which individual firms have little incentive to invest, but which may have significant economic or strategic importance, such as manufacturing technology;
(3) the education and training of individuals in the technological innovation process;
(4) the improvement of mechanisms for the dissemination of scientific, engineering, and technical information among universities and industry;
(5) the utilization of the capability and expertise, where appropriate, that exists in Federal laboratories; and
(6) the development of continuing financial support from other mission agencies, from State and local government, and from industry and universities through, among other means, fees, licenses, and royalties.
**(b) Activities** The activities of the Centers shall include, but need not be limited to—
(1) research supportive of technological and industrial innovation including cooperative industry-university research;
(2) assistance to individuals and small businesses in the generation, evaluation, and development of technological ideas supportive of industrial innovation and new business ventures;
(3) technical assistance and advisory services to industry,
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velopment of technological ideas supportive of
industrial innovation and new business ven-
tures;
(3) technical assistance and advisory serv-
ices to industry, particularly small businesses;
and
(4) curriculum development, training, and
instruction in invention, entrepreneurship,
and industrial innovation.
Each Center need not undertake all of the ac-
tivities under this subsection.
(c) Requirements
Prior to establishing a Center, the Secretary
shall find that—
(1) consideration has been given to the po-
tential contribution of the activities proposed
under the Center to productivity, employ-
ment, and economic competitiveness of the
United States;
(2) a high likelihood exists of continuing
participation, advice, financial support, and
other contributions from the private sector;
(3) the host university or other nonprofit in-
stitution has a plan for the management and
evaluation of the activities proposed within
the particular Center, including:
(A) the agreement between the parties as
to the allocation of patent rights on a non-
exclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive
license basis to and inventions conceived or
made under the auspices of the Center; and
(B) the consideration of means to place the
Center, to the maximum extent feasible, on
a self-sustaining basis;
(4) suitable consideration has been given to
the university’s or other nonprofit institu-
tion’s capabilities and geographical location;
and
(5) consideration has been given to any ef-
fects upon competition of the activities pro-
posed under the Center.
(d) Planning grants
The Secretary is authorized to make available
nonrenewable planning grants to universities or
nonprofit institutions for the purpose of devel-
oping a plan r
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