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[CITE: 42USC1869]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 16--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
 
Sec. 1869. Scholarships and graduate fellowships

    The Foundation is authorized to award scholarships and graduate 
fellowships for study and research in the sciences or in engineering at 
appropriate nonprofit American or nonprofit foreign institutions 
selected by the recipient of such aid, for stated periods of time. 
Persons shall be selected for such scholarships and fellowships from 
among citizens, nationals or lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens 
of the United States, and such selections shall be made solely on the 
basis of ability; but in any case in which two or more applicants for 
scholarships or fellowships, as the case may be, are deemed by the 
Foundation to be possessed of substantially equal ability, and there are 
not sufficient scholarships or fellowships, as the case may be, 
available to grant one to each of such applicants, the available 
scholarship or scholarships or fellowship or fellowships shall be 
awarded to the applicants in such manner as will tend to result in a 
wide distribution of scholarships and fellowships throughout the United 
States. Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit the Foundation 
from refusing or revoking a scholarship or fellowship award, in whole or 
in part, in the case of any applicant or recipient, if the Board is of 
the opinion that such award is not in the best interests of the United 
States.

(May 10, 1950, ch. 171, Sec. 10, 64 Stat. 152; Pub. L. 86-232, Sec. 5, 
Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 468; Pub. L. 86-550, June 29, 1960, 74 Stat. 
256; Pub. L. 87-835, Sec. 2, Oct. 16, 1962, 76 Stat. 1070; Pub. L. 90-
407, Sec. 8, July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 364; Pub. L. 99-159, title I, 
Sec. 110(a)(13), Nov. 22, 1985, 99 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 99-383, Sec. 7(c), 
Aug. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 101-589, title III, Sec. 302(c), 
Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2895.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-589 substituted ``, nationals or lawfully admitted 
permanent resident aliens'' for ``or nationals'' in second sentence.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-383 struck out ``, within the limits of funds made 
available specifically for such purpose pursuant to section 1875 of this 
title,'' after ``The Foundation is authorized to award''.
    1985--Pub. L. 99-159 substituted ``study and research in the 
sciences or in engineering'' for ``scientific study or scientific work 
in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, engineering, social, 
and other sciences''.
    1968--Pub. L. 90-407 inserted social sciences to the enumerated list 
of sciences, and substituted ``throughout the United States'' for 
``among the States, Territories, possessions, and the District of 
Columbia''.
    1962--Pub. L. 87-835 authorized the Foundation to refuse or revoke a 
scholarship or fellowship award if they believe such award is not in the 
best interests of the United States.
    1960--Pub. L. 86-550 authorized the selection of nationals for 
scholarships and fellowships.
    1959--Pub. L. 86-232 substituted ``appropriate'' for ``accredited'' 
and struck out ``of higher education'' after ``foreign institutions''.


 Continuation of Existing Offices, Procedures, and Organization of the 
                       National Science Foundation

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-407 intended to continue in effect the 
existing offices, procedures, and organization of the Foundation, see 
section 16 of Pub. L. 90-407, set out as a note under section 1862 of 
this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1862, 1872 of this title.
