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Title 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS > Subtitle IV—Aeronautics and Space Research and Education > CHAPTER 403—NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

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The Administrator shall identify specific national needs and problems relating to space. The Administrator may make grants or enter into contracts under this section with respect to such needs or problems. The amount of any such grant or contract may equal up to 100 percent of the total cost of the project involved.

( Pub. L. 111–314, § 3 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3385 .)

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Specific national needs · 51 U.S.C. § 40305 | Frix