### Question
Can you define what junior faculty means?


### Answer
**Junior faculty** is defined as the following in *42 U.S.C. § 16274*:

> a faculty member who was awarded a doctorate less than 10 years before receipt of an award from the grant program described in subsection (b)(2)

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 16274*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 149-ENERGY POLICY, 2005 > SUBCHAPTER IX-RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT > Part E-Nuclear Energy**

