42 USC § 19194 - Research awards

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s19194"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 19194 - Research awards"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "19194"
section_name: "Research awards"
chapter_number: 163
chapter_name: "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Combating Sexual Harassment in Science"
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 V, § 10534, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1628.)"
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# § 19194. Research awards

**(a)** **In general** The Director shall make awards, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations)—

**(1)** to expand research efforts to better understand the factors contributing to, and consequences of, sex-based and sexual harassment affecting individuals in the STEM workforce, including students and trainees; and

**(2)** to examine approaches to reduce the incidence and negative consequences of such harassment.

**(b)** **Use of funds** Activities funded by an award under this section may include—

**(1)** research on the sex-based and sexual harassment experiences of individuals, including in racial and ethnic minority groups, disabled individuals, foreign nationals, sexual-minority individuals, and others;

**(2)** development and assessment of policies, procedures, trainings, and interventions, with respect to sex-based and sexual harassment, conflict management, and ways to foster respectful and inclusive climates;

**(3)** research on approaches for remediating the negative impacts and outcomes of such harassment on individuals experiencing such harassment;

**(4)** support for institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations to develop, adapt, implement, and assess the impact of innovative, evidence-based strategies, policies, and approaches to policy implementation to prevent and address sex-based and sexual harassment;

**(5)** research on alternatives to the power dynamics, hierarchical, and dependent relationships, including but not limited to the mentor-mentee relationship, in academia that have been shown to create higher levels of risk for and lower levels of reporting of sex- based and sexual harassment; and

**(6)** establishing a center for the ongoing compilation, management, and analysis of organizational climate survey data.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title V, § 10534, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1628.)