42 USC § 19057 - Food-energy-water research

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s19057"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 19057 - Food-energy-water research"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "19057"
section_name: "Food-energy-water 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: "E"
part_name: "Fundamental Research"
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, § 10348, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1560.)"
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# § 19057. Food-energy-water research

The Director shall make awards on a competitive basis to institutions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to—

**(1)** support research to significantly advance our understanding of the food-energy-water system through quantitative and computational modeling, including support for relevant cyberinfrastructure;

**(2)** develop real-time, cyber-enabled interfaces that improve understanding of the behavior of food-energy-water systems and increase decision support capability;

**(3)** support research that will lead to innovative solutions to critical food-energy-water system problems; and

**(4)** grow the scientific workforce capable of studying and managing the food-energy-water system, through education and other professional development.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10348, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1560.)