42 USC § 19015 - Diversity in tech research

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s19015"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 19015 - Diversity in tech research"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "19015"
section_name: "Diversity in tech research"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10326, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1544.)"
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# § 19015. Diversity in tech research

The Director shall make awards, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to support basic, applied, and use-inspired research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, and management and ultimate effectiveness of entities involved in technology research, including research related to diversity and inclusion in the technology sector.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10326, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1544.)