PUBLIC LAW 107-368—DEC. 19, 2002 116 STAT. 3049 in meeting any requirements of this section, including providing advice from experts on how to develop— (A) a quality application for a grant; and (B) quality activities from funds received from a grant under this section. SEC. 10. ROBERT NOYCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.. 42 USC 1862n-l. (a) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The Director shall carry out a program to award grants to institutions of higher education (or consortia of such institutions) to provide scholarships, stipends, and programming designed to recruit and train mathematics and science teachers. Such program shall be known as the "Robert Noyce Scholarship Program". (2) MERIT REVIEW. —Grants shall be provided under this subsection on a competitive, merit-reviewed basis. (3) USE OF GRANTS. —Grants provided under this section shall be used by institutions of higher education or consortia— (A) to develop and implement a program to encourage top college juniors and seniors majoring in mathematics, science, and engineering at the grantee's institution to become mathematics and science teachers, through— (i) administering scholarships in accordance with subsection (c); (ii) offering programs to help scholarship recipients to teach in elementary schools and secondary schools, including programs that will result in teacher certification or licensing; and (iii) offering programs to scholarship recipients, both before and after they receive their baccalaureate degree, to enable the recipients to become better mathematics and science teachers, to fulfill the service requirements of this section, and to exchange ideas with others in their fields; or (B) to develop and implement a program to encourage science, mathematics, or engineering professionals to become mathematics and science teachers, through— (i) administering stipends in accordance with subsection (d); (ii) offering programs to help stipend recipients obtain teacher certification or licensing; and (iii) offering programs to stipend recipients, both during and after matriculation in the program for which the stipend is received, to enable recipients to become better mathematics and science teachers, to fulfill the service requirements of this section, and to exchange ideas with others in their fields. (b) SELECTION PROCESS. — (1) APPLICATION. —An institution of higher education or consortium seeking funding under this section shall submit an application to the Director at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require. The application shall include, at a minimum— (A) a description of the scholarship or stipend program that the applicant intends to operate, including the number of scholarships or the size and number of stipends the
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