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15-3-109. Power to carry out programs.
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15-3-109. Power to carry out programs.
(a) In relation to the authorization under this subchapter to engage in undertakings, programs, enterprises, and activities involving research and development and other programs involving the establishment and encouragement of scientific and technological research, the Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission shall have all the powers necessary to carry out programs which include, but are not limited to:
(1) Funding basic research at Arkansas colleges and universities as specified in § 15-3-110;
(2) Stimulating applied research partnerships between private industry and Arkansas colleges and universities and matching funds from private sources for proposed applied research projects as specified in § 15-3-110;
(3) Assisting small businesses in identifying and applying for funds to conduct research and development work on innovative technical ideas;
(4) Transferring knowledge and technology from college, university, and government laboratories to private industry;
(5) Creating, in cooperation with Arkansas colleges and universities, facilities to foster the growth of technology-based enterprises;
(6) Developing emerging product and process technologies which contribute to business and economic growth;
(7) Engaging in innovative demonstration and pilot projects involving improved education and preparation of the future workforce in the areas of science, technology, and mathematics; and
(8) Transferring knowledge and technology from colleges, universities, government entities and laboratories, and other sources of innovation to public schools.
(b) In establishing and maintaining the programs authorized by this section, the director may utilize moneys as are lawfully available to the director for suppo
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-3-109
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15-3-109. Power to carry out programs.
(a) In relation to the authorization under this subchapter to engage in undertakings, programs, enterprises, and activities involving research and development and other programs involving the establishment and encouragement of scientific and technological research, the Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission shall have all the powers necessary to carry out programs which include, but are not limited to:
(1) Funding basic research at Arkansas colleges and universities as specified in § 15-3-110;
(2) Stimulating applied research partnerships between private industry and Arkansas colleges and universities and matching funds from private sources for proposed applied research projects as specified in § 15-3-110;
(3) Assisting small businesses in identifying and applying for funds to conduct research and development work on innovative technical ideas;
(4) Transferring knowledge and technology from college, university, and government laboratories to private industry;
(5) Creating, in cooperation with Arkansas colleges and universities, facilities to foster the growth of technology-based enterprises;
(6) Developing emerging product and process technologies which contribute to business and economic growth;
(7) Engaging in innovative demonstration and pilot projects involving improved education and preparation of the future workforce in the areas of science, technology, and mathematics; and
(8) Transferring knowledge and technology from colleges, universities, government entities and laboratories, and other sources of innovation to public schools.
(b) In establishing and maintaining the programs authorized by this section, the director may utilize moneys as are lawfully available to the director for supporting the purposes of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
15-3-110. Power to promote basic and applied research at Arkansas colleges and universities.
(a) The Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission may make such rules as he or she may deem appropriate to enable him or her to create and fund programs designed to promote basic research and applied research at Arkansas colleges and universities and to develop technology emerging from sources of innovation in this state, including, but not limited to, colleges and universities, federal laboratories, small businesses, and inventors.
(b)(1) In carrying out his or her functions under this section, the Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission may create such advisory committees as may be useful in evaluating research and development proposals.
(2) The memberships of these advisory committees may include both directors and staff members of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and other persons drawn from sources other than the division, all of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
(3) Members of such advisory committees shall serve without compensation for their membership on such committees but may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
(c)(1) Any moneys lawfully available to the division for the purpose of supporting basic research at Arkansas colleges and universities shall in no event defray more than sixty percent (60%) of the total cost of the proposed basic research project being funded.
(2) The remaining forty percent (40%) of the total cost of the proposed basic research project shall be funded by moneys or in-kind services provided by the college or university proposing the basic research proj
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-3-110
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