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[CITE: 42USC287b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
                      Part E--Other Agencies of NIH
 
 subpart 2--john e. fogarty international center for advanced study in 
                             health sciences
 
Sec. 287b. General purpose

    The general purpose of the John E. Fogarty International Center for 
Advanced Study in the Health Sciences is to--
        (1) facilitate the assembly of scientists and others in the 
    biomedical, behavioral, and related fields for discussion, study, 
    and research relating to the development of health science 
    internationally;
        (2) provide research programs, conferences, and seminars to 
    further international cooperation and collaboration in the life 
    sciences;
        (3) provide postdoctorate fellowships for research training in 
    the United States and abroad and promote exchanges of senior 
    scientists between the United States and other countries;
        (4) coordinate the activities of the National Institutes of 
    Health concerned with the health sciences internationally; and
        (5) receive foreign visitors to the National Institutes of 
    Health.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 482, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 866.)
