H.R. 144: Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-04 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-04 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act

Plain summary

Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act This bill authorizes the National Science Foundation to establish a two-year pilot program to award grants to highly qualified early-career investigators to carry out an independent research program at the institution of higher education chosen by such investigator, to last for a period not greater than two years. The NSF shall select grantees from among citizens, nationals, and lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens of the United States. The NSF shall conduct program outreach to recruit fellowship applicants (1) from all regions of the country; (2) from historically underrepresented populations in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); and (3) who graduate from or intend to carry out research at a variety of types of institutions of higher education, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · 29 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 144, Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act (2021-04-06)

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Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ed Case (D-HI), Pete Sessions (R-TX), James R. Baird (R-IN), Young Kim (R-CA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr144.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr144 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117