Sec. 4. National Research Center for Resilience
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The Secretary, acting through the Office of Policy Development and Research, shall— select, on a competitive basis, a single nonprofit organization having a national reputation for expertise in resilience research and capacity building to develop a National Research Center for Resilience; and subject only to the availability of amounts provided in appropriation Acts, make annual grants of amounts made available pursuant to section 7(b)(1) for the establishment and operation of the National Center.
The National Center shall— collaborate with institutions of higher education as partners to create a best practices sharing network to support the programs and activities carried out with resilience grants; coordinate with any other relevant centers and entities throughout the Federal Government on efforts relating to improving community resilience: collect and disseminate research and other information about evidence-based and promising practices related to resilience to inform the efforts of research partners and to support the programs and activities carried out with resilience grants; increase the public's knowledge and understanding of effective practices to improve regional and community resilience throughout the United States; and make grants under subsection
(d)for Regional Centers for Resilience. The Secretary shall collect information from the National Center regarding its activities and research and shall develop, manage, and regularly update an online site to disseminate proven practices for improving community resilience. The National Center shall carry out a program to make grants to institutions of higher education, or other non-profit organizations, having a national reputation to establish a Regional Center for Resilience in each of the 10 regions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as that shall serve as regional research partners with recipients of resilience grants that are located in the same geographic region as such institution, in collaboration with the National Center. A Regional Center for Resilience receiving a grant under this section shall use such grant amounts to— provide research support to recipients of resilience grants, including support services for data collection, general research, and analysis to assess the progress of activities carried out with resilience grants; provide technical assistance to prospective applicants for, and recipients of, resilience grants; and collaborate with and share information with the National Center.