116 STAT. 3040 PUBLIC LAW 107-368—DEC. 19, 2002 (e) FISCAL YEAR 2007.— None of the funds authorized under section 5(e) may be obligated for major research equipment and faciHties construction until 30 days after the report required by June 15, 2006, under section 14(a)(2) is transmitted to the Congress. Deadline. SEC. 7. ANNUAL PLAN FOR ALLOCATION OF FUNDING. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of legislation providing for the annual appropriation of funds for the Foundation, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Science and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a plan for the allocation of funds authorized by this Act for the corresponding fiscal year. The portion of the plan pertaining to Research and Related Activities shall include a description of how the allocation of funding— (1) will affect the average size and duration of research grants supported by the Foundation by field of science, mathematics, and engineering; (2) will affect trends in research support for major fields and subfields of science, mathematics, and engineering, including for emerging multidisciplinary research areas; and (3) is designed to achieve an appropriate balance among major fields and subfields of science, mathematics, and engineering. SEC. 8. SPECIFIC PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS. From amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 5, the Director shall carry out the Foundation's research and education programs, including the following initiatives in accordance with this section: (1) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. —An information technology research program to support competitive, merit-reviewed proposals for research, education, and infrastructure support in areas related to cybersecurity, terascale computing systems, software, networking, scalability, communications, data management, and remote sensing and geospatial information technologies. (2) NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.— ^A nanoscale science and engineering research and education program to support competitive, merit-reviewed proposals that emphasize— (A) research aimed at discovering novel phenomena, processes, materials, and tools that address grand challenges in materials, electronics, optoelectronics and magnetics, manufacturing, the environment, and health care; and (B) supporting new research and interdisciplinary centers and networks of excellence, including shared national user facilities, infrastructure, research, and education activities on the societal implications of advances in nanoscale science and engineering. (3) PLANT GENOME RESEARCH. — (A) A plant genome research program to support competitive, merit-reviewed proposals— (i) that advance the understanding of the structure, organization, and function of plant genomes; and
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