42 USC § 19059 - Sustainable chemistry research and education

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s19059"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 19059 - Sustainable chemistry research and education"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "19059"
section_name: "Sustainable chemistry research and education"
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, § 10350, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1560.)"
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# § 19059. Sustainable chemistry research and education

In accordance with section 9303 of title 15, the Director shall carry out activities in support of sustainable chemistry, including—

**(1)** establishing a program to make awards, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or non-profit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to support—

**(A)** individual investigators and teams of investigators, including to the extent practicable, early career investigators for research and development;

**(B)** collaborative research and development partnerships among universities, industry, and non-profit organizations;

**(C)** integrating sustainable chemistry principles into elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate chemistry and chemical engineering curriculum and research training, as appropriate to that level of education and training; and

**(2)** incorporating sustainable chemistry into existing Foundation research and development programs.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10350, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1560.)