I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4997 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2011 through 2015 for the 
National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2010 
Mr. LIPINSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science and Technology 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2011 through 
2015 for the National Science Foundation, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 
2010’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
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Sec. 101. Definitions. 
Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 103. National Science Board administrative amendments. 
Sec. 104. Broader impacts review criterion. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 
Sec. 201. Support for potentially transformative research. 
Sec. 202. Facilitating interdisciplinary collaborations for national needs. 
Sec. 203. National Science Foundation manufacturing research. 
Sec. 204. Strengthening institutional research partnerships. 
Sec. 205. National Science Board report on mid-scale instrumentation. 
Sec. 206. Sense of Congress on overall support for research infrastructure at 
the Foundation. 
TITLE III—STEM EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING 
Sec. 301. Graduate student support. 
Sec. 302. Postdoctoral fellowship in STEM education research. 
Sec. 303. Robert Noyce teacher scholarship program. 
Sec. 304. Institutions serving persons with disabilities. 
Sec. 305. Institutional integration. 
Sec. 306. Postdoctoral research fellowships. 
Sec. 307. Broadening participation training and outreach. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the National Science Foundation es-
tablished under section 2 of the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861). 
(2) FOUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 
means the National Science Foundation established 
under section 2 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861). 
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
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(42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘within 
the authority of the Foundation (or otherwise as requested 
by the Congress or the President)’’ after ‘‘individual policy 
matters’’. 
(d) BOARD ADHERENCE TO SUNSHINE ACT.—Sec-
tion 15(a) of the National Science Foundation Authoriza-
tion Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–5(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating 
paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), 
respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection— 
(A) by striking ‘‘February 15’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘April 15’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘audit required under 
paragraph (3) along with’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘To fa-
cilitate the audit required under paragraph (3) of 
this subsection, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
SEC. 104. BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERION. 
(a) GOALS.—The Foundation shall apply a Broader 
Impacts Review Criterion to achieve the following goals: 
(1) Increased economic competitiveness of the 
United States. 
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(2) Development of a globally competitive 
STEM workforce. 
(3) Increased participation of women and 
underrepresented minorities in STEM. 
(4) Increased partnerships between academia 
and industry. 
(5) Improved K–12 STEM education and 
teacher development. 
(6) Improved undergraduate STEM education. 
(7) Increased public scientific literacy. 
(8) Increased national security. 
(b) POLICY.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director shall develop and 
implement a policy for the Broader Impacts Review Cri-
terion that— 
(1) provides for educating professional staff at 
the Foundation, merit review panels, and applicants 
for Foundation research grants on the policy devel-
oped under this subsection; 
(2) clarifies that the activities of grant recipi-
ents undertaken to satisfy the Broader Impacts Re-
view Criterion shall— 
(A) to the extent practicable employ proven 
strategies and models and draw on existing pro-
grams and activities; and 
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(B) when novel approaches are justified, 
build on the most current research results; 
(3) allows for some portion of funds allocated to 
broader impacts under a research grant to be used 
for assessment and evaluation of the broader im-
pacts activity; 
(4) encourages institutions of higher education 
and other nonprofit organizations to develop and 
provide, either as individual institutions or in part-
nerships thereof, appropriate training and programs 
to assist Foundation-funded principal investigators 
at their institutions in achieving the goals of the 
Broader Impacts Review Criterion as described in 
subsection (a); and 
(5) requires principal investigators applying for 
Foundation research grants to provide evidence of 
institutional support for the portion of the investiga-
tor’s proposal designed to satisfy the Broader Im-
pacts Review Criterion, including evidence of rel-
evant training, programs, and other institutional re-
sources available to the investigator from either their 
home institution or organization or another institu-
tion or organization with relevant expertise. 
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TITLE II—RESEARCH AND 
INNOVATION 
SEC. 201. SUPPORT FOR POTENTIALLY TRANSFORMATIVE 
RESEARCH. 
(a) POLICY.—The Director shall establish a policy 
that requires the Foundation to use at least 5 percent of 
its research budget to fund basic, high-risk, high-reward 
research proposals. Support for facilities and infrastruc-
ture, including preconstruction design and operations and 
maintenance of major research facilities, shall not be 
counted as part of the research budget for the purposes 
of this section. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing such policy, 
the Foundation may— 
(1) develop solicitations specifically for high- 
risk, high-reward research; 
(2) establish review panels for the primary pur-
pose of selecting high-risk, high-reward proposals or 
modify instructions to standard review panels to re-
quire identification of high-risk, high-reward pro-
posals; and 
(3) support workshops and participate in con-
ferences with the primary purpose of identifying new 
opportunities for high-risk, high-reward research, es-
pecially at interdisciplinary interfaces. 
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(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘high-risk, high-reward research’’ means research 
driven by ideas that have the potential to radically change 
our understanding of an important existing scientific or 
engineering concept, or leading to the creation of a new 
paradigm or field of science or engineering, and that is 
characterized by its challenge to current understanding or 
its pathway to new frontiers. 
SEC. 202. FACILITATING INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORA-
TIONS FOR NATIONAL NEEDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall award competi-
tive, merit-based awards in amounts not to exceed 
$5,000,000 over a period of up to 5 years to interdiscipli-
nary research collaborations that are likely to assist in ad-
dressing critical challenges to national security, competi-
tiveness, and societal well-being and that— 
(1) involve at least 2 co-equal principal inves-
tigators at the same or different institutions; 
(2) draw upon well-integrated, diverse teams of 
investigators, including students or postdoctoral re-
searchers, from one or more disciplines; and 
(3) foster creativity and pursue high-risk, high- 
reward research. 
(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting grant recipients under 
this section, the Director shall give priority to applicants 
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that propose to use advances in cyberinfrastructure and 
simulation-based science engineering. 
SEC. 203. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION MANUFAC-
TURING RESEARCH. 
The Director shall carry out a program to award 
merit-reviewed, competitive grants to institutions of higher 
education to support fundamental research leading to 
transformative advances in manufacturing technologies, 
processes, and enterprises that will support United States 
manufacturing through improved performance, produc-
tivity, sustainability, and competitiveness. Research areas 
may include— 
(1) nanomanufacturing; 
(2) manufacturing and construction machines 
and equipment, including robotics, automation, and 
other intelligent systems; 
(3) manufacturing enterprise systems; 
(4) advanced sensing and control techniques; 
(5) materials processing; and 
(6) information technologies for manufacturing, 
including predictive and real-time models and sim-
ulations, and virtual manufacturing. 
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SEC. 204. STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH 
PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For any Foundation research 
grant, in an amount greater than $2,000,000, to be car-
ried out through a partnership that includes one or more 
minority-serving institutions or predominantly under-
graduate institutions and one or more institutions de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Director shall award funds 
directly, according to the budget justification described in 
the grant proposal, to at least two of the institutions of 
higher education in the partnership, including at least one 
minority-serving institution or one predominantly under-
graduate institution, to ensure a strong and equitable 
partnership. 
(b) INSTITUTIONS.—The institutions referred to in 
subsection (a) are institutions of higher education that are 
among the 100 institutions receiving, over the 3-year pe-
riod immediately preceding the awarding of grants, the 
highest amount of research funding from the Foundation. 
SEC. 205. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORT ON MID- 
SCALE INSTRUMENTATION. 
(a) 
MID-SCALE
RESEARCH
INSTRUMENTATION 
NEEDS.—The National Science Board shall evaluate the 
needs, across all disciplines supported by the Foundation, 
for mid-scale research instrumentation that falls between 
the instruments funded by the Major Research Instrumen-
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tation program and the very large projects funded by the 
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction 
program. 
(b) REPORT ON MID-SCALE RESEARCH INSTRUMEN-
TATION PROGRAM.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the National Science Board shall 
submit to Congress a report on mid-scale research instru-
mentation at the Foundation. At a minimum, this report 
shall include— 
(1) the findings from the Board’s evaluation of 
instrumentation needs required under subsection (a), 
including a description of differences across dis-
ciplines and Foundation research directorates; 
(2) a recommendation or recommendations re-
garding how the Foundation should set priorities for 
mid-scale instrumentation across disciplines and 
Foundation research directorates; 
(3) a recommendation or recommendations re-
garding the appropriateness of expanding existing 
programs, including the Major Research Instrumen-
tation program or the Major Research Equipment 
and Facilities Construction program, to support 
more instrumentation at the mid-scale; 
(4) a recommendation or recommendations re-
garding the need for and appropriateness of a new, 
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Foundation-wide program or initiative in support of 
mid-scale 
instrumentation, 
including 
any 
rec-
ommendations regarding the administration of and 
budget for such a program or initiative and the ap-
propriate scope of instruments to be funded under 
such a program or initiative; and 
(5) any recommendation or recommendations 
regarding other options for supporting mid-scale re-
search instrumentation at the Foundation. 
SEC. 206. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON OVERALL SUPPORT FOR 
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE FOUN-
DATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Foundation 
should strive to keep the percentage of the Foundation 
budget devoted to research infrastructure in the range of 
24 to 27 percent, as recommended in the 2003 National 
Science Board report entitled ‘‘Science and Engineering 
Infrastructure for the 21st Century’’. 
TITLE III—STEM EDUCATION 
AND WORKFORCE TRAINING 
SEC. 301. GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT. 
(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) the Integrative Graduate Education and Re-
search Traineeship program is an important pro-
gram for training the next generation of scientists 
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and engineers in team-based interdisciplinary re-
search and problem solving, and for providing them 
with the many additional skills, such as communica-
tion skills, needed to thrive in diverse STEM ca-
reers; and 
(2) the Integrative Graduate Education and Re-
search Traineeship program is no less valuable to 
the preparation and support of graduate students 
than the Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellow-
ship program. 
(b) EQUAL TREATMENT OF IGERT AND GRF.—Be-
ginning in fiscal year 2011, the Director shall increase or, 
if necessary, decrease funding for the Foundation’s Inte-
grative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship 
program (or any program by which it is replaced) at least 
at the same rate as it increases or decreases funding for 
the Graduate Research Fellowship program. 
(c) SUPPORT FOR GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH 
FROM THE RESEARCH ACCOUNT.—For each of the fiscal 
years 2011 through 2015, at least 50 percent of the total 
Foundation funds allocated to the Integrative Graduate 
Education and Research Traineeship program and the 
Graduate Research Fellowship program shall come from 
funds appropriated for Research and Related Activities. 
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(d) COST OF EDUCATION ALLOWANCE FOR GRF 
PROGRAM.—Section 10 of the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1869) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Foundation 
is authorized’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) The Director shall establish for each year the 
amount to be awarded for scholarships and fellowships 
under this section for that year. Each such scholarship 
and fellowship shall include a cost of education allowance 
of at least the lesser of $12,000 or the cost of education 
at the institution in which the scholarship or fellowship 
recipient is matriculated, subject to any restrictions on the 
use of cost of education allowance as determined by the 
Director.’’. 
SEC. 302. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN STEM EDU-
CATION RESEARCH. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 
postdoctoral fellowships in STEM education research to 
provide recent doctoral degree graduates in STEM fields 
with the necessary skills to assume leadership roles in 
STEM education research, program development, and 
evaluation in our Nation’s diverse educational institutions. 
(b) AWARDS.— 
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(1) DURATION.—Fellowships may be awarded 
under this section for a period of up to 24 months 
in duration, renewable for an additional 12 months. 
The Director shall establish criteria for eligibility for 
renewal of the fellowship. 
(2) STIPEND.—The Director shall determine 
the amount of the award for a fellowship, which 
shall include a stipend and a research allowance, and 
may include an educational allowance. 
(3) LOCATION.—A fellowship shall be awarded 
for research at any institution of higher education 
that offers degrees in fields supported by the Foun-
dation, or at any institution or organization that the 
Director determines is eligible for education research 
grants from the Foundation. 
(4) NUMBER OF AWARDS.—The Director may 
award up to 20 new fellowships per year. 
(c) RESEARCH.—Fellowships under this section shall 
be awarded for research on STEM education at any edu-
cational level, including grades K–12, undergraduate, 
graduate, and general public education, in both formal and 
informal settings. Research topics may include— 
(1) learning processes; 
(2) knowledge transfer, including curriculum 
development; 
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(3) uses of technology as teaching and learning 
tools; 
(4) integrating STEM fields; and 
(5) student assessment and program evaluation. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a fellowship 
under this section, an individual must— 
(1) be a United States citizen or national, or an 
alien lawfully admitted to the United States for per-
manent residence, at the time of application; and 
(2) have received a doctoral degree in one of the 
STEM fields supported by the Foundation within 3 
years prior to the fellowship application deadline. 
SEC. 303. ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) SECTION 10 AMENDMENTS.—Section 10 of the 
National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 
(42 U.S.C. 1862n–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(4), by striking ‘‘Service re-
quired under this paragraph shall be performed in a 
high-need local educational agency.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end a 
new paragraph as follows: 
‘‘(5) EXCEPTION.—The period of service obliga-
tion under paragraph (4) shall be reduced by 1 year 
for scholarship recipients whose service is performed 
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in a high-need local educational agency. The Direc-
tor shall establish and maintain a central clearing-
house of information on teaching opportunities avail-
able in high-need local educational agencies through-
out the United States, which shall be made available 
to individuals having a service obligation under this 
section.’’. 
(b) SECTION 10A AMENDMENTS.—Section 10A of 
the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 
2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n–1a) is amended in subsection 
(h)(1) by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘30’’. 
SEC. 304. INSTITUTIONS SERVING PERSONS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES. 
For the purposes of the activities and programs sup-
ported by the Foundation, institutions of higher education 
chartered to serve large numbers of students with disabil-
ities, including Gallaudet University, Landmark College, 
and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, shall 
be designated as minority-serving institutions. 
SEC. 305. INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRATION. 
(a) INNOVATION THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL INTE-
GRATION.—The Director shall award grants for the insti-
tutional integration of projects funded by the Foundation 
with a focus on education or broadening participation in 
STEM by underrepresented groups for the purpose of in-
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creasing collaboration and coordination across funded 
projects and institutions and expanding the impact of such 
projects within and among institutions of higher education 
in an innovative and sustainable manner. 
(b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The program under this 
section shall support integrative activities that involve the 
strategic and innovative combination of Foundation-fund-
ed projects and that provide for— 
(1) additional opportunities to increase the re-
cruitment, retention, and degree attainment of 
underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines; 
(2) the inclusion of programming, practices, 
and policies that encourage the integration of edu-
cation and research; 
(3) seamless transitions from one educational 
level to another; and 
(4) other activities that expand and deepen the 
impact of Foundation-funded projects with a focus 
on education or broadening participation in STEM 
by underrepresented groups and enhance their sus-
tainability. 
(c) REVIEW CRITERIA.—In selecting recipients of 
grants under this section, the Director shall consider at 
a minimum— 
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(1) the extent to which the proposed project ad-
dresses the goals of project and program integration 
and adds value to the existing funded projects; 
(2) the extent to which there is a proven record 
of success for the existing projects on which the pro-
posed integration project is based; and 
(3) the extent to which the proposed project ad-
dresses the modification of programming, practices, 
and policies necessary to achieve the purpose de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(d) PRIORITY.—In selecting recipients of grants 
under this section, the Director shall give priority to pro-
posals for which a senior institutional administrator, in-
cluding a dean or other administrator of equal or higher 
rank, serves as the principal investigator. 
SEC. 306. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish a 
Foundation-wide postdoctoral research fellowship pro-
gram, to award competitive, merit-based postdoctoral re-
search fellowships in any field of research supported by 
the Foundation. 
(b) DURATION AND AMOUNT.—Fellowships may be 
awarded under this section for a period of up to 3 years 
in duration. The Director shall determine the amount of 
the award for a fellowship, which shall include a stipend 
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and a research allowance, and may include an educational 
allowance. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a fellow-
ship under this section, an individual— 
(1) must be a United States citizen or national, 
or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States 
for permanent residence, at the time of application; 
(2) must have received a doctoral degree in any 
field of research supported by the Foundation within 
3 years prior to the fellowship application deadline, 
or will complete a doctoral degree no more than 1 
year after the application deadline; and 
(3) may not have previously received funding as 
the principal investigator of a research grant from 
the Foundation, unless such funding was received as 
a graduate student. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In evaluating applications for fellow-
ships under this section, the Director shall give priority 
to applications that include— 
(1) proposals for interdisciplinary research; or 
(2) proposals for high-risk, high-reward re-
search. 
(e) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—In evaluating 
applications for fellowships under this section, the Direc-
tor shall give consideration to the goal of promoting the 
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participation of individuals identified in section 33 or 34 
of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b). 
(f) NONSUBSTITUTION.—The fellowship program au-
thorized under this section is not intended to replace or 
reduce support for postdoctoral research through existing 
programs at the Foundation. 
SEC. 307. BROADENING PARTICIPATION TRAINING AND 
OUTREACH. 
The Director shall provide education and training— 
(1) to Foundation staff and grant proposal re-
view panels on effective mechanisms and tools for 
broadening participation in STEM by underrep-
resented groups, including reviewer selection and 
mitigation of implicit bias in the review process; and 
(2) to Foundation staff on related outreach ap-
proaches. 
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