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grants for research on the disruption of regular cognitive processes associated with COVID-19 infection and to arrange a National Academies study on the same subject.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7180/text/eh#H3C5373A5F87649B9A92E814C8D7B68E6"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7180/text/eh#H71B59319E8354ED58F222BDBCB0602E8"}]},"core_areas":["National Science Foundation research grants on cognitive disruption associated with COVID-19 infection","National Academies study and reports on cognitive disruption associated with COVID-19 infection"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to award competitive, merit-reviewed grants to eligible entities, including through the RAPID funding mechanism, for interdisciplinary research on cognitive disruption associated with short-term and long-term COVID-19 infections, including in children and adolescents.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7180/text/eh#H3C5373A5F87649B9A92E814C8D7B68E6"}},{"text":"Defines an eligible entity as an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, or a consortium of non-profit organizations and institutions of higher education.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7180/text/eh#HFFF9BB9506B74693A6B1CED878030467"}},{"text":"Lists research the grants may cover, including foundational studies of cognition, emotion, and neural structure and function, tools to evaluate cognition, and studies of psychological and psychosocial factors.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7180/text/eh#H3C5373A5F87649B9A92E814C8D7B68E6"}},{"text":"Requires the Director to enter into an agreement with the National Academies, within 45 days after enactment, to study 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H.R. 7180, 117th Congress: Brycen Gray and Ben Price COVID–19 Cognitive Research Act. House: 350 Yea, 69 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 26 Jul 2022."}}