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[CITE: 42USC2486g]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER 26A--NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
 
Sec. 2486g. Space grant fellowship program


(a) Award of fellowships; guidelines; wide geographic and institutional 
        diversity

    The Administrator shall support a space grant fellowship program to 
provide educational and training assistance to qualified individuals at 
the graduate level of education in fields related to space. Such 
fellowships shall be awarded pursuant to guidelines established by the 
Administrator. Space grant fellowships shall be awarded to individuals 
at space grant colleges, space grant regional consortia, other colleges 
and institutions of higher education, professional associations, and 
institutes in such a manner as to assure wide geographic and 
institutional diversity in the pursuit of research under the fellowship 
program.

(b) Limitation on amount to provide grants

    The total amount which may be provided for grants under the space 
grant fellowship program during any fiscal year shall not exceed an 
amount equal to 50 percent of the total funds appropriated for such year 
pursuant to this chapter.

(c) Authority to sponsor other research fellowship programs unaffected

    Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the 
Administrator from sponsoring any research fellowship program, including 
any special emphasis program, which is established under an authority 
other than this chapter.

(Pub. L. 100-147, title II, Sec. 209, Oct. 30, 1987, 101 Stat. 874.)
