Sec. 219. Measures to increase the capacity of historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions to achieve very high research activity status
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The purpose of the program established under this section is to provide additional pathways needed for further increasing capacity at historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions to achieve and maintain very high research activity status. The Secretary shall establish and carry out, using funds made available for research activities, a pilot program to increase capacity at high research activity status historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions toward achieving very high research activity status during the grant period.
In establishing such program, the Secretary may consider the recommendations pursuant to section 262 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 4144 note) and section 220 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81 ; 135 Stat. 1597). The Secretary shall award, on a competitive basis, grants to eligible institutions to carry out the activities under paragraph (4)(A). An eligible institution seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may require, including a description of— nascent research capabilities with respect to research areas of interest to the Department of Defense; a plan for increasing the level of research activity toward achieving very high research activity status classification during the grant period, including measurable milestones such as growth in very high research activity status indicators and other relevant factors; how such institution will sustain the increased level of research activity after the conclusion of the grant period; and how the institution will evaluate and assess progress with respect to the implementation of the plan under subparagraph (B).
An eligible institution that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to support research activities with respect to research areas for STEM and critical technologies, as determined by the Secretary under subparagraph (B), including— faculty professional development; stipends for undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral scholars; laboratory equipment and instrumentation; recruitment and retention of faculty and graduate students; communication and dissemination of products produced during the grant period; construction, modernization, rehabilitation, or retrofitting of facilities for research purposes; and other activities necessary to build capacity in achieving very high research activity status indicators.
The Secretary, in consultation with the Defense Science Board, shall establish and update, on an annual basis, a list of research areas for STEM and critical technologies. Not later than 3 years after receiving a grant under this section, and every 3 years thereafter, an eligible institution shall submit to the Secretary— a report that includes an assessment by the institution, using the criteria established in clause (ii), of the progress made by such institution with respect to achieving very high research activity indicators; and an updated plan described in paragraph (3)(B).
The Secretary, in partnership with the eligible institution, shall establish criteria for the report required under clause (i)(I). A grant awarded under this section shall be for a period of not more than 10 years, to be determined by the Secretary. The Secretary may award grants under this section to historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions that are not eligible institutions if the Secretary determines that the program can support such colleges, universities, and institutions while achieving the purpose of the program described in subsection (a).
Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives providing an update on the pilot program, including— activities carried out under the pilot program; an analysis of the growth in very high research activity status indicators of eligible institutions that received a grant under this section; and emerging research areas of interest to the Department of Defense conducted by eligible institutions that received a grant under this section.
The authority of the Secretary to award grants under the pilot program established by this section shall terminate 10 years after the date on which the Secretary establishes such program. Not later than 180 days after the termination of the pilot program under paragraph (6), the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the pilot program that includes the following: An analysis of the growth in very high research activity status indicators of eligible institutions that received a grant under this section.
An evaluation on the effectiveness of the program in increasing the research capacity of eligible institutions that received a grant under this section. An description of how institutions that have achieved very high research activity status plan to sustain that status beyond the duration of the program. An evaluation of the maintenance of very high research status by eligible institutions that received a grant under this section. An evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in increasing the diversity of students conducting high quality research in unique areas.
Recommendations with respect to further activities and investments necessary to elevate the research status of historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions. Recommendations on whether the program established under this section should be renewed or expanded. In designing the program under this section, the Secretary of Defense may consult with the President’s Board of Advisors on historically Black colleges and universities. In this section:
The term eligible institution means a historically Black college or university or other minority-serving institution that is classified as a high research activity status institution at the time of application for a grant under subsection (b). The term high research activity status means R2 status, as classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The term historically Black college or university has the meaning given the term part B institution under section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1061 ).
The term other minority-serving institution means an institution of higher education specified in paragraphs
(2)through
(7)of section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(a) ). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Defense. The term very high research activity status means R1 status, as classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The term very high research activity status indicators means the categories used by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to delineate which institutions have very high activity status, including— annual expenditures in science and engineering; per-capita (faculty member) expenditures in science and engineering; annual expenditures in non-science and engineering fields; per-capita (faculty member) expenditures in non-science and engineering fields; doctorates awarded in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields; doctorates awarded in social science fields; doctorates awarded in the humanities; doctorates awarded in other fields with a research emphasis; total number of research staff including postdoctoral researchers; other doctorate-holding non-faculty researchers in science and engineering and per-capita (faculty) number of doctorate-level research staff including post-doctoral researchers; and other categories utilized to determine classification.
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Measures to increase the capacity of historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions to achieve very high research activity status
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