; and (2) shall ensure that the number of fellows selected for each iteration does not impede the activities of the Division. (d) Condition As a condition of selecting an individual as a fellow under the program, the Secretary shall require that the individual’s employer agree to continue to pay the individual’s salary and benefits during the period of the fellowship. (e) Stipend During the period of the fellowship of an individual under the program, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, provide to the individual a stipend to cover the individual’s reasonable living expenses during the period of the fellowship. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to such subtitle the following: Sec. 230C. E-Security Fellows Program. . IV Research 401. National Science Foundation study on science and technology student retention (a) Study The National Science Foundation shall conduct a study on the causes of the high dropout rates of women and minority students enrolled in programs of education leading to degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and the effects of such dropout rates on the cost of education for such students and the shortage of workers qualified for jobs in science and technology. (b) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Science Foundation shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a) together with any recommendations of the National Science Foundation. 402. Challenge Grants (a) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make grants to the Center of Distinction for Academic Computing and Information Security Assurance, which shall be known as Challenge Grants . The recipient of a grant under this section shall use the grant to form a partnership with section 230A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 101 to assist in improving the computing programs of such