42 USC § 287b - General purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s287b"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 287b - General purpose"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "287b"
section_name: "General purpose"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Other Agencies of NIH"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 482, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 866.)"
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# § 287b. General purpose

The general purpose of the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences is to—

**(1)** facilitate the assembly of scientists and others in the biomedical, behavioral, and related fields for discussion, study, and research relating to the development of health science internationally;

**(2)** provide research programs, conferences, and seminars to further international cooperation and collaboration in the life sciences;

**(3)** provide postdoctorate fellowships for research training in the United States and abroad and promote exchanges of senior scientists between the United States and other countries;

**(4)** coordinate the activities of the National Institutes of Health concerned with the health sciences internationally; and

**(5)** receive foreign visitors to the National Institutes of Health.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 482, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 866.)