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ACQ-24 / Workforce and expertise

Provide STEM scholarships and fellowships tied to service

Fund critical national-security STEM education, arrange internships, appoint successful participants and convert qualifying appointments into career service.

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At a glance

Possible toolACQ-24 · People & expertise
Legal basis10 U.S.C. §4093

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense

People & expertise

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Critical discipline, eligible citizenship/institution, written service agreement at least matching supported study period.

Limits & exclusions

  • Non-U.S. TTCP participation capped at 5 new recipients per year.
  • Noncompletion/service failure can create repayment debt; Secretary has specified waiver authority.

Funding conditions

  • Scholarship/fellowship funds; sponsor must identify funded employment and service placement.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • DoDSMART program and sponsoring facility workforce planners

Resources

  • SMART program funds and sponsoring component personnel resources

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense/designated SMART and appointment officials
    Office profile

Execution

  • SMART program administrator; sponsoring facility HR

Partners & review

  • Accredited institutions; qualifying industry internship sponsors

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Facility identifies STEM need → SMART selection and service agreement → education/internship → appointed service position.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

  • 10 U.S.C. §4093Primary statutory text; primary GovInfo baseline and amendment audit identified in research narrative.

What this research establishes

Legal powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

Confidence: High on express authority and cited conditions; execution assignment is illustrative unless statute expressly names it.

Currentness: GovInfo 2024 Code (includes FY2025 NDAA, P.L. 118-159) read in full for cited provision; targeted FY2026 NDAA P.L. 119-60 amendment/repeal sweep. No claim of complete legislative currency through 2026-10-02; remaining 2026 delta needs counsel validation.

Research target: October 2, 2026. A record-specific last-review date is not supplied. Publication date is not legal-currentness certification.

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