Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.16
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Duties of Center relating to health research
Official statutory text
The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and
Technology, with the advice and consent of the Committee, may:
1. Establish and operate a state program designed to secure and
impartially distribute funds credited to the Research Support
Revolving Fund to support professional service contracts for health
research projects;
2. Ensure that funding to support health research projects is
awarded only on the basis of scientific merit;
3. Design the health research program to ensure the optimum
performance of the investigator and the maximum efficiency of the
project;
4. Evaluate and approve health research projects to be funded
from the Research Support Revolving Fund;
5. Establish a procedure for the referral of proposed health
research projects to the Committee for review;
6. Establish procedures for review of proposed health research
projects by qualified individuals residing outside this state;
7. Suspend or terminate any professional service contract
supporting health research projects for failure by an investigator,
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institution of higher learning, or nonprofit research institution to
comply with the procedures, requirements, or bylaws of the Center;
and
8. Enter into contracts to ensure the optimum performance of
health research investigators and to ensure the maximum efficiency
of proposed health research projects.
Technology, with the advice and consent of the Committee, may:
1. Establish and operate a state program designed to secure and
impartially distribute funds credited to the Research Support
Revolving Fund to support professional service contracts for health
research projects;
2. Ensure that funding to support health research projects is
awarded only on the basis of scientific merit;
3. Design the health research program to ensure the optimum
performance of the investigator and the maximum efficiency of the
project;
4. Evaluate and approve health research projects to be funded
from the Research Support Revolving Fund;
5. Establish a procedure for the referral of proposed health
research projects to the Committee for review;
6. Establish procedures for review of proposed health research
projects by qualified individuals residing outside this state;
7. Suspend or terminate any professional service contract
supporting health research projects for failure by an investigator,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 1084
institution of higher learning, or nonprofit research institution to
comply with the procedures, requirements, or bylaws of the Center;
and
8. Enter into contracts to ensure the optimum performance of
health research investigators and to ensure the maximum efficiency
of proposed health research projects.
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