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§ 19114. Research and development awards
(a) In general
(b) Purpose
(c) Recipients
(d) Metrics
(e) Short term technology deployment
(f) Selection criteria
In selecting recipients for an award under this section, the Director shall consider, at a minimum—
(1) the relevance of the project to the challenges and the key technology focus areas under section 19107 of this title, and the potential of the project to result in transformational advances for such challenges and the key technology focus areas;
(2) the current status of similar technology, the limits of current practice, and the novelty and risks of the proposed project;
(3) the ethical, societal, safety, and security implications relevant to the application of the technology;
(4) the appropriateness of quantitative goals and metrics for evaluating the project and a plan for evaluating those metrics; and
(5) the path for developing and, as appropriate, commercializing the technology into products and processes in the United States.
(g) Authorization of appropriations
(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10394, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1591.)