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(2) to reside in the United States for not less
than 5 years after the completion of a graduate fel-
lowship or traineeship awarded under this section.
SEC. 4004. PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE MASTER’S DEGREE
PROGRAMS.
(a) CLEARINGHOUSE.—
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall establish a clearing-
house, in collaboration with 4-year institutions of
higher education (including applicable graduate
schools and academic departments), and industries
and Federal agencies that employ science-trained per-
sonnel, to share program elements used in successful
professional science master’s degree programs and
other advanced degree programs related to science,
mathematics, technology, and engineering.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall make the
clearinghouse of program elements developed under
paragraph (1) available to institutions of higher edu-
cation that are developing professional science mas-
ter’s degree programs.
(b) PROGRAMS.—
(1) 
PROGRAMS
AUTHORIZED.—The 
Director
shall award grants to 4-year institutions of higher
education to facilitate the institutions’ creation or
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improvement of professional science master’s degree
programs.
(2) APPLICATION.—A 4-year institution of high-
er education desiring a grant under this section shall
submit an application at such time, in such manner,
and accompanied by such information as the Director
may require. The application shall include—
(A) a description of the professional science
master’s degree program that the institution of
higher education will implement;
(B) the amount of funding from non-Fed-
eral sources, including from private industries,
that the institution of higher education shall use
to support the professional science master’s de-
gree program; and
(C) an assurance that the institution of
higher education shall encourage students in the
professional science master’s degree program to
apply for all forms of Federal assistance avail-
able to such students, including applicable grad-
uate fellowships and student financial assistance
under titles IV and VII of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq., 1133 et
seq.).
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(3) PREFERENCES.—The Director shall give
preference in making awards to 4-year institutions of
higher education seeking Federal funding to create or
improve professional science master’s degree pro-
grams, to those applicants—
(A) located in States with low percentages
of citizens with graduate or professional degrees,
as determined by the Bureau of the Census, that
demonstrate success in meeting the unique needs
of the corporate, non-profit, and government
communities in the State, as evidenced by pro-
viding internships for professional science mas-
ter’s degree students or similar partnership ar-
rangements; or
(B) that secure more than 2⁄3 of the funding
for such professional science master’s degree pro-
grams from sources other than the Federal Gov-
ernment.
(4) NUMBER
OF
GRANTS; TIME
PERIOD
OF
GRANTS.—
(A) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—Subject to the
availability of appropriated funds, the Director
shall award grants under paragraph (1) to a
maximum of 200 4-year institutions of higher
education.
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(B) TIME
PERIOD
OF
GRANTS.—Grants
awarded under this section shall be for one 3-
year term. Grants may be renewed only once for
a maximum of 2 additional years.
(5) EVALUATION AND REPORTS.—
(A) 
DEVELOPMENT
OF
PERFORMANCE
BENCHMARKS.—Prior to the start of the grant
program, the Director of the National Science
Foundation, in collaboration with 4-year insti-
tutions of higher education (including applicable
graduate schools and academic departments),
and industries and Federal agencies that employ
science-trained personnel, shall develop perform-
ance benchmarks to evaluate the pilot programs
assisted by grants under this section.
(B) EVALUATION.—For each year of the
grant period, the Director, in consultation with
4-year institutions of higher education (includ-
ing applicable graduate schools and academic de-
partments), and industries and Federal agencies
that employ science-trained personnel, shall com-
plete an evaluation of each program assisted by
grants under this section. Any program that
fails to satisfy the performance benchmarks de-
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veloped under subparagraph (A) shall not be eli-
gible for further funding.
(C) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days
after the completion of an evaluation described
in subparagraph (B), the Director shall submit
a report to Congress that includes—
(i) the results of the evaluation de-
scribed in subparagraph (B); and
(ii) recommendations for administra-
tive and legislative action that could opti-
mize the effectiveness of the pilot programs,
as the Director determines to be appro-
priate.
(c) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION DEFINED.—
In this section, the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Within
the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 4001,
there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section—
(1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(2) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and
(3) $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010
and 2011.
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SEC. 4005. INCREASED SUPPORT FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION
THROUGH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDA-
TION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within the amounts authorized to
be appropriated by section 4001, there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out the science, mathematics, engi-
neering, and technology talent expansion program under
section 8(7) of the National Science Foundation Authoriza-
tion Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–368, 116 Stat. 3042)—
(1) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
(2) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
(3) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
(4) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
(b) PROMOTING OUTREACH AND HIGH QUALITY.—
Section 8(7)(C) of the National Science Foundation Author-
ization Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–368, 116 Stat. 3042)
is amended—
(1) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vi) as
subclauses (I) through (VI), respectively, and indent-
ing appropriately;
(2) by striking ‘‘include those that promote high
quality—’’ and inserting ‘‘include programs that—
‘‘(i) promote high-quality—’’;
(3) in clause (i) (as inserted by paragraph
(2))—