Sec. 219. Pilot program on enhanced interaction between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the service academies
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The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of additional and enhanced interaction between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the service academies. In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense may provide funds to current contractors and grantees of the Department of Defense under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in order to encourage such contractors and grantees to do as follows:
Develop research partnerships with the service academies for the purpose of utilizing the technology transition networks service academies maintain among their academic departments, resident research centers, and existing partnerships with service laboratories and other Federal degree granting institutions. Utilize technology transition insight from faculty-in-training who are enrolled at academic institutions conducting advanced research for the Department. Include the service academies' faculty members, cadets, and midshipmen as participants in technology user evaluations.
Provide sabbaticals and internships for faculty members, cadets, and midshipmen at the service academies at research agencies, laboratories, and facilities of the Department and at university and industry research facilities. The authority to carry out the pilot program shall terminate on September 30, 2020. In this section: The term faculty-in-training means personnel attending graduate school programs at the expense of the Armed Forces with follow-on assignments as faculty at the service academies.
The term service academies means the following: The United States Military Academy The United States Naval Academy. Th United States Air Force Academy. The United States Coast Guard Academy The United States Merchant Marine Academy.