Skip to content
LexBuild

42 USC § 16323 - Science and engineering education pilot program 

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s16323"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 16323 - Science and engineering education pilot program"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "16323"
section_name: "Science and engineering education pilot program"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "G"
part_name: "Science"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 983, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 907; Pub. L. 113–188, title VI, § 601(a), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2019.)"
---

# § 16323. Science and engineering education pilot program

**(a)** **Establishment of pilot program** The Secretary shall award a grant to a Southeastern United States consortium of major research universities that currently advances science and education by partnering with National Laboratories, to establish a regional pilot program of its SEEK–16 program for enhancing scientific, technological, engineering, and mathematical literacy, creativity, and decision-making. The consortium shall include leading research universities, one or more universities that train substantial numbers of elementary and secondary school teachers, and (where appropriate) National Laboratories.

**(b)** **Program elements** The regional pilot program shall include—

**(1)** expanding strategic, formal partnerships among universities with strength in research, universities that train substantial numbers of elementary and secondary school teachers, and the private sector;

**(2)** combining Department expertise with one or more National Aeronautics and Space Administration Educator Resource Centers;

**(3)** developing programs to permit current and future teachers to participate in ongoing research projects at National Laboratories and research universities and to adapt lessons learned to the classroom;

**(4)** designing and implementing course work;

**(5)** designing and implementing a strategy for measuring and assessing progress under the program; and

**(6)** developing models for transferring knowledge gained under the pilot program to other institutions and areas of the United States.

**(c)** **Categorization** section 7381b of this title

A grant under this section shall be considered an authorized activity under .

---

**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 983, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 907; Pub. L. 113–188, title VI, § 601(a), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2019.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Subsec. (d).  struck out subsec. (d). Text read as follows: “No later than 2 years after the award of the grant, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report outlining lessons learned and, if determined appropriate by the Secretary, containing a plan for expanding the program throughout the United States.”