42 USC § 19011 - Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program update

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s19011"
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title: "42 USC § 19011 - Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program update"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "19011"
section_name: "Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program update"
chapter_number: 163
chapter_name: "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Broadening Participation"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10322, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1538.)"
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# § 19011. Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program update

**(a)** **Sense of Congress** section 1862n–1 of this title

It is the sense of Congress that over the next five years the Foundation should increase the number of scholarships awarded under the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program established under  by 50 percent.

**(b)** **Outreach** To increase the diversity of participants, the Director shall support symposia, forums, conferences, and other activities to expand and enhance outreach to—

**(1)** historically Black colleges and universities;

**(2)** Tribal Colleges or Universities;

**(3)** minority-serving institutions;

**(4)** institutions of higher education that are located near or serve rural communities, including EPSCoR institutions;

**(5)** labor organizations;

**(6)** emerging research institutions; and

**(7)** higher education programs that serve or support veterans.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10322, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1538.)