Sec. 142.003. ADMINISTRATION; GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES    


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  • (a) The coordinating board shall administer the program.

    (b) The coordinating board shall appoint an advisory committee that consists of experts in the specified research areas to advise the coordinating board regarding the board's development of research priorities, guidelines, and procedures for the selection of specific projects at eligible institutions.

    (c) The guidelines and procedures developed by the coordinating board must:

    (1) provide for awards on a competitive, peer review basis for specific projects at eligible institutions; and

    (2) require that, as a condition of receiving an award, an eligible institution must use a portion of the award to support, in connection with the project for which the award is made, basic research conducted by:

    (A) graduate or undergraduate students, if the eligible institution is a medical and dental unit; or

    (B) undergraduate students, if the eligible institution is any other institution of higher education.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 823, Sec. 3.08, eff. June 20, 1987. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1335 , Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.