42 USC § 18650 - Increased collaboration with teachers and scientists
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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s18650"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 18650 - Increased collaboration with teachers and scientists"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "18650"
section_name: "Increased collaboration with teachers and scientists"
chapter_number: 161
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF SCIENCE POLICY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–246, title III, § 312, as added Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title I, § 10111(a), Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1456.)"
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# § 18650. Increased collaboration with teachers and scientists
The Director shall support the development of a scientific workforce through programs that facilitate collaboration between and among teachers at elementary schools and secondary schools served by local educational agencies, students at institutions of higher education, early-career researchers, faculty at institutions of higher education, and the National Laboratories, including through the use of proven techniques to expand the number of individuals from underrepresented groups pursuing and attaining skills or undergraduate and graduate degrees relevant to the mission of the Office of Science.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–246, title III, § 312, as added Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title I, § 10111(a), Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1456.)