51 USC § 40310 - Designation or award to be on competitive basis

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title: "51 USC § 40310 - Designation or award to be on competitive basis"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "40310"
section_name: "Designation or award to be on competitive basis"
chapter_number: 403
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3388.)"
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# § 40310. Designation or award to be on competitive basis

October 30, 1987

The Administrator shall not under this chapter designate any space grant college or space grant regional consortium or award any fellowship, grant, or contract unless such designation or award is made in accordance with the competitive, merit-based review process employed by the Administration on .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3388.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 40310 | 42 U.S.C. 2486k. | Pub. L. 100–147, title II, § 213, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 875. |

The date “” is substituted for “the date of enactment of this Act” to reflect the date of enactment of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Act, which is title II of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 1988 (, ).