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[CITE: 10USC2196]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                    PART III--TRAINING AND EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER 111--SUPPORT OF SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION
 
Sec. 2196. Manufacturing engineering education: grant program

    (a) Establishment of Grant Program.--(1) The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish a program under which the Secretary makes grants to 
support--
        (A) the enhancement of existing programs in manufacturing 
    engineering education; or
        (B) the establishment of new programs in manufacturing 
    engineering education that meet such requirements.

    (2) Grants under this section may be made to institutions of higher 
education or to consortia of such institutions.
    (3) The Secretary shall establish the program in consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, the Director of the National Science 
Foundation, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy.
    (b) New Programs in Manufacturing Engineering Education.--A program 
in manufacturing engineering education to be established at an 
institution of higher education may be considered to be a new program 
for the purpose of subsection (a)(1)(B) regardless of whether the 
program is to be conducted--
        (1) within an existing department in a school of engineering of 
    the institution;
        (2) within a manufacturing engineering department to be 
    established separately from the existing departments within such 
    school of engineering; or
        (3) within a manufacturing engineering school or center to be 
    established separately from an existing school of engineering of 
    such institution.

    (c) Minimum Number of Grants for New Programs.--Of the total number 
of grants awarded pursuant to this section, at least one-third shall be 
awarded for the purpose stated in subsection (a)(1)(B).
    (d) Geographical Distribution of Grants.--In awarding grants under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
avoid geographical concentration of grant awards.
    (e) Coordination of Grant Program With the National Science 
Foundation.--The Secretary of Defense and the Director of the National 
Science Foundation shall enter into an agreement for carrying out the 
grant program established pursuant to this section. The agreement shall 
include procedures to ensure that the grant program is fully coordinated 
with similar existing programs of the National Science Foundation.
    (f) Covered Programs.--(1) A program of engineering education 
supported with a grant awarded pursuant to this section shall meet the 
requirements of this section.
    (2) Such a grant may be made for a program of education to be 
conducted at the undergraduate level, at the graduate level, or at both 
the undergraduate and graduate levels.
    (g) Components of Program.--The program of education for which such 
a grant is made shall be a consolidated and integrated multidisciplinary 
program of education having each of the following components:
        (1) Multidisciplinary instruction that encompasses the total 
    manufacturing engineering enterprise and that may include--
            (A) manufacturing engineering education and training through 
        classroom activities, laboratory activities, thesis projects, 
        individual or team projects, and visits to industrial 
        facilities, consortia, or centers of excellence in the United 
        States and foreign countries;
            (B) faculty development programs;
            (C) recruitment of educators highly qualified in 
        manufacturing engineering;
            (D) presentation of seminars, workshops, and training for 
        the development of specific research or education skills; and
            (E) activities involving interaction between the institution 
        of higher education conducting the program and industry, 
        including programs for visiting scholars or industry executives.

        (2) Opportunities for students to obtain work experience in 
    manufacturing through such activities as internships, summer job 
    placements, or cooperative work-study programs.
        (3) Faculty and student research that is directly related to, 
    and supportive of, the education of undergraduate or graduate 
    students in advanced manufacturing science and technology because 
    of--
            (A) the increased understanding of advanced manufacturing 
        science and technology that is derived from such research; and
            (B) the enhanced quality and effectiveness of the 
        instruction that result from that increased understanding.

    (h) Grant Proposals.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Director of the National Science Foundation, shall solicit from 
institutions of higher education in the United States (and from 
consortia of such institutions) proposals for grants to be made pursuant 
to this section for the support of programs of manufacturing engineering 
education that are consistent with the purposes of this section.
    (i) Merit Competition.--Applications for grants shall be evaluated 
on the basis of merit pursuant to competitive procedures prescribed by 
the Secretary in consultation with the Director of the National Science 
Foundation.
    (j) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary may select a proposal for the 
award of a grant pursuant to this section if the proposal, at a minimum, 
does each of the following:
        (1) Contains innovative approaches for improving engineering 
    education in manufacturing technology.
        (2) Demonstrates a strong commitment by the proponents to apply 
    the resources necessary to achieve the objectives for which the 
    grant is to be made.
        (3) Provides for the conduct of research that supports the 
    instruction to be provided in the proposed program and is likely to 
    improve manufacturing engineering and technology.
        (4) Demonstrates a significant level of involvement of United 
    States industry in the proposed instructional and research 
    activities.
        (5) Is likely to attract superior students.
        (6) Proposes to involve fully qualified faculty personnel who 
    are experienced in research and education in areas associated with 
    manufacturing engineering and technology.
        (7) Proposes a program that, within three years after the grant 
    is made, is likely to attract from sources other than the Federal 
    Government the financial and other support necessary to sustain such 
    program.
        (8) Proposes to achieve a significant level of participation by 
    women, members of minority groups, and individuals with disabilities 
    through active recruitment of students from among such persons.

    (k) Federal Support.--The amount of financial assistance furnished 
to an institution under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the 
estimated cost of carrying out the activities proposed to be supported 
in part with such financial assistance for the period for which the 
assistance is to be provided.

(Added Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 825(a)(1), Dec. 5, 
1991, 105 Stat. 1438.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2196, added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title II, 
Sec. 247(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1523; amended Pub. L. 102-25, 
title VII, Sec. 701(i)(2), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 116, defined 
``defense laboratory'', prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-190, 
Sec. 825(a)(1). See section 2199 of this title.


          Implementation of Grant Program; Priority in Funding

    Section 825(b) of Pub. L. 102-190 provided that: ``Within one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 5, 1991], the 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of the National 
Science Foundation, shall award grants under section 2196 of title 10, 
United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), to institutions of 
higher education throughout the United States.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2197 of this title.
