20 U.S.C. § 3915
Graduate fellowships
The Foundation is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, to establish and carry out a program of graduate fellowships for the purpose of encouraging and assisting promising students to continue their education and research in mathematics, science, and engineering.
( Pub. L. 98–377, title I, § 105 , as added Pub. L. 99–159, title II, § 201 , Nov. 22, 1985 , 99 Stat. 896 .)