United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5142 (109th)
National Science Foundation Scholars Program Act
Introduced
6 April 2006
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
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Summary
National Science Foundation Scholars Program Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to provide competitive scholarships to students in undergraduate science, engineering, technology, or mathematics programs. Requires the Director to award annual $5,000 grants to institutions of higher education attended by at least 10 such scholarship recipients to develop programs which provide: (1) such recipients with interaction, on a monthly basis, with speakers in the science, engineering, technology, or mathematics disciplines who work in business, industry, elementary or secondary education, museums, or other informal educational settings; (2) annual poster sessions through which recipients present their research efforts; (3) outreach to middle and high school students; and (4) recipient mentoring. Requires the Director to establish a website where current, former, and potential scholarship recipients can share ideas, present work, and learn of research opportunities.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 April 2006
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Introduced in House · EN · 6 April 2006
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 6 April 2006
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/5142
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5142