- Administrator
means the Administrator of the National STEM Teacher Corps.
- advanced nuclear reactor
has the meaning given the term in section 16271(b) of this title.
- AI
has the meaning given such term in section 9401 of title 15.
- appropriate committees of Congress
has the meaning given such term in section 8801 of title 15.
- award personnel
means principal investigators and co-principal investigators, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and other employees supported by a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract under Federal law.
- awardee
means the legal entity to which Federal assistance is awarded and that is accountable to the Federal Government for the use of the funds provided.
- biomanufacturing
means the utilization of biological systems to develop new and advance existing products, tools, and processes at commercial scale.
- Board
means the Board of Directors described in subsection (b)(2)(A).
- career and technical education
has the meaning given that term in section 2302 of title 20.
- Center
means a Microelectronics Science Research Center established pursuant to subsection (d).
- classified information
means any information that has been determined pursuant to Executive Order 13526, any predecessor or successor order, or sections 1-274, 275-321, and 1001-3115 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011-2021, 2022-2286i, 2296a-2297h-13) 1 to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and that is so designated.
- clean energy technology
means a technology that significantly reduces energy use, increases energy efficiency, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, reduces emissions of other pollutants, or mitigates other negative environmental consequences of energy production, transmission or use.
- company
has the meaning given such term in section 847(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92;
- Confucius Institute
means a cultural institute established as a partnership between a United States institution of higher education and a Chinese institution of higher education to promote and teach Chinese language and culture that is funded, directly or indirectly, by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.
- Corps Alliance
means a regionally or topically based award under this subsection.
- country of risk
means a foreign country determined by the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph (B), to present a risk of theft of United States intellectual property or a threat to the national security of the United States if nationals of the country, or entities owned or controlled by the country or nationals of the country, participate in any research, development, demonstration, or deployment activity authorized under this division or division A or an amendment made by this division or division A.
- covered determination
means a determination of the Secretary—
- covered foundation
means each of the following:
- covered individual
means an individual who—
- covered support
means any grant, contract, subcontract, award, loan, program, support, or other activity authorized under this division or division A, or an amendment made by this division or division A.
- CUI
means information described as “Controlled Unclassified Information” under Executive Order 13556 or any successor order, to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and that is so designated.
- Department
means the Department of Energy.
- Director
means the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
- distributed ledger
means a ledger that—
- distributed ledger technology
means technology that enables the operation and use of distributed ledgers.
- economically distressed area
has the meaning described in section 3161(a) of this title.
- eligible entity
means each of—
- eligible institution
means an institution of higher education that, according to the data published by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, is not, on average, among the top 100 institutions in Federal research and development expenditures during the 3-year period prior to the year of the award.
- emerging research institution
means an institution of higher education with an established undergraduate or graduate program that has less than $50,000,000 in Federal research expenditures.
- engineering biology
means the application of engineering design principles and practices to biological systems, including molecular and cellular systems, to advance fundamental understanding of complex natural systems and to enable novel or optimize functions and capabilities.
- enrollment of needy students
has the meaning given the term in section 1058(d) of title 20.
- entity of concern
means any entity, including a national, that is—
- executive agency
has the meaning given the term “Executive agency” in section 105 of title 5.
- Executive Director
means the Executive Director described in subsection (b)(5)(A).
- Federal laboratory
has the meaning given such term in section 3703 of title 15.
- Federal research agency
means any Federal agency with an annual extramural research expenditure of over $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 constant dollars.
- foreign country of concern
means the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or any other country determined to be a country of concern by the Secretary of State.
- foreign entity of concern
means a foreign entity that is—
- Foundation
means the National Science Foundation.
- Framework
means the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and referred to in Executive Order No. 13800 issued on May 11, 2017 (82 Fed.
- grant
means a grant award, cooperative agreement award, or any other financial assistance arrangement that the Secretary of Energy determines to be appropriate.
- HBCU
has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 1061 of title 20.
- high-need school
has the meaning given the term in section 6631(b) of title 20.
- historically Black college and university
has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 1061 of title 20.
- historically Black college or university
has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 1061 of title 20.
- Individual Laboratory-Associated Foundation
means a Laboratory Foundation established by an operating contractor of a National Laboratory.
- Initiative
means the National Engineering Biology Research and Development Initiative established under section 19132 of this title.
- Institute
means the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- institution of higher education
has the meaning given the term in section 1001 of title 20.
- interagency working group on inclusion in STEM
means the interagency working group established by section 6626 of this title.
- international standards organization
has the meaning given such term in section 2571 of title 19.
- labor organization
has the meaning given the term in section 152(5) of title 29, except that such term shall also include—
- low-income individual
means an individual from a family whose taxable income for the preceding year did not exceed 150 percent of an amount equal to the poverty level determined by using criteria of poverty established by the Bureau of the Census.
- malign foreign talent recruitment program
means—
- manufacturing extension center
has the meaning given the term “Center” in section 278k(a) of title 15.
- Manufacturing USA institute
means a Manufacturing USA institute described in section 278s(d) of title 15.
- microelectronics
means—
- minority serving institution
means a Hispanic-serving institution as defined in section 1101a of title 20, an Alaska Native-serving institution and a Native Hawaiian-serving institution as defined in section in 1 1059d of title 20, or a Predominantly Black Institution, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution, or a Native American-serving nontribal institution as defined in section 1067q of title 20.
- minority-serving institution
means an institution described in section 1067q(a) of title 20.
- MSI
means Hispanic-Serving Institutions as defined in section 1101a) of title 20;
- national
has the meaning given the term in section 1101 of title 8.
- National Academies
means the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
- National Laboratory
means—
- national security strategy
means the national security strategy required under section 3043 of title 50.
- National STEM Teacher Corps Advisory Board
means the Advisory Board for the National STEM Teacher Corps established under paragraph (5).
- non-profit organization
means an organization which is described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such title.
- nongovernmental standards development organization
means a nongovernmental standards development organization (as defined in section 2(e) of the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–119 (relating to Federal participation in the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in conformity assessment activities), or any successor document) that adheres to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Essential Requirements for Due Process for American National Standards.
- omics
refers to the collective technologies used to explore the roles, relationships, and actions of the various types of molecules that make up the cells and systems of an organism and the systems level analysis of their functions.
- PreK–12
means pre-kindergarten through grade 12.
- premise plumbing
means the water distribution system located within the property lines of a property, including all buildings and permanent structures on such property.
- program
means the program established under subsection (b)(1).
- qualifying institutions
means institutions of higher education that are awarded in excess of $50,000,000 per year in total Federal research funding.
- quantum information science
has the meaning given such term in section 8801 of title 15.
- recipient
means an entity, usually a non-Federal entity, that receives a Federal award directly from a Federal research agency.
- relevant congressional committees
means—
- research and development award
means support provided to an individual or entity by a Federal research agency to carry out research and development activities, which may include support in the form of a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other such transaction.
- resources
means guidelines, tools, best practices, technical standards, methodologies, and other ways of providing information.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Energy.
- skilled technical work
means an occupation that requires a high level of knowledge in a technical domain and does not require a bachelor’s degree for entry.
- skilled technical workforce
has the meaning given the term in section 4(b)(3) of the Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act (42 U.S.C. 1862p note;
- smart contract
means a computer program stored in a distributed ledger system that is executed when certain predefined conditions are satisfied and wherein the outcome of any execution of the program may be recorded on the distributed ledger.
- STEM
means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, including computer science.
- TCU
has the meaning given the term “Tribal College or University” in section 1059c of title 20.
- technical standard
has the meaning given such term in section 12(d)(5) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note).
- Tribal College or University
has the meaning given in section 1059c of title 20.
- work-based learning
has the meaning given the term in section 2302 of title 20.