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42 U.S. Code § 284n. Certain demonstration projects
(a) Bridging the sciences
(1) In general
From amounts to be appropriated under section 282a(b) of this title, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of NIH, (in this subsection referred to as the “Secretary”) in consultation with the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Secretary of Energy, and other agency heads when necessary, may allocate funds for the national research institutes and national centers to make grants for the purpose of improving the public health through demonstration projects for biomedical research at the interface between the biological, behavioral, and social sciences and the physical, chemical, mathematical, and computational sciences.
(2) Goals, priorities, and methods; interagency collaborationThe Secretary shall establish goals, priorities, and methods of evaluation for research under paragraph (1), and shall provide for interagency collaboration with respect to such research. In developing such goals, priorities, and methods, the Secretary shall ensure that—
(A)
the research reflects the vision of innovation and higher risk with long-term payoffs; and
(B)
the research includes a wide spectrum of projects, funded at various levels, with varying timeframes.