2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10-B - New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research › 209-P - Research Development Program.

§  209-p. Research development program. 1. There is hereby established
the research development program. The program shall include but need not
be  limited  to:  the  faculty  development  program,  capital  facility
program,   incentive   program,  and  centers  for  advanced  technology
development program.
2. The office shall provide no later than March first, two thousand, a
strategic plan to the governor, the temporary president  of  the  senate
and the speaker of the assembly which shall:
(a)  establish  criteria  for  the  awarding  of  funds made available
through the research development program; all awards shall be made on  a
competitive basis;
(b)  provide a schedule for issuance of requests for proposals for the
research development program awards;
(c) provide a schedule for completion of review of proposals submitted
by institutions of higher education and  research  institutions  to  the
office;
(d)  provide  procedures  for the issuance of awards from the research
development program.
3. The  faculty  development  program  is  hereby  created  to  assist
institutions  of  higher  education  and  research institutions with the
retention and recruitment of research faculty.  Funds  appropriated  for
this program shall be administered by the office pursuant to request for
proposals.  Consideration for the allocation of awards shall be given to
all institutions of higher education and  research  institutions  within
the  state provided such institutions demonstrate to the satisfaction of
the advisory council a specific need for such funds and  the  manner  in
which  such  award for the recruitment and retention of research faculty
would  enhance  the  research  capabilities  and   reputation   of   the
institution.  Criteria for such awards shall include, but not be limited
to, the ability of the faculty member to leverage  and  attract  federal
funds,  venture  capital and private industry funds, and the willingness
of the faculty member to pursue entrepreneurial enterprises resulting in
new business or the expansion of existing business in  New  York  state.
The office shall promulgate rules and regulations to establish:
(a) the duration of grants for faculty awards;
(b)   matching   funds   required   from  the  academic  and  research
institutions;
(c) a schedule for an annual  reduction  of  the  faculty  development
award,  and  a  corresponding  increase  in  the matching funds from the
academic or research institution; and
(d) other rules and regulations deemed necessary by the office for the
administration of this program.
3-a. The faculty development and technology transfer advisory  council
shall  be  established  by  the  commissioner of economic development to
review  and  recommend  proposals  submitted  for  consideration   under
subdivisions  three  and five of this section. The council shall consist
of eleven members that shall include representatives from four different
universities, one national lab, two New York  state  incubators  or  New
York  state innovation hot spots, two companies and two non-profits with
a statewide economic development mission. Each representative shall have
technology transfer experience. In addition, at least six members of the
council  shall  have  a   demonstrated   background   in   bio-medicine,
biotechnology or other life sciences.
4.  (a)  The  capital facility program shall provide financing for the
design, acquisition,  construction,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation  or
improvement of research and development facilities, including equipment.
Funds appropriated or reappropriated for the capital facility program by
chapter  six  hundred  twenty-four  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred

ninety-nine  shall  be  awarded  to  no  more  than  six  primary   host
institutions.
(b)  Criteria for the issuance of awards by the advisory council shall
include but need not be  limited  to  the  following:  potential  future
growth  and  economic  impact  within  New  York  state  of the proposed
research to be undertaken at such  facilities,  available  expertise  at
such  campus  in the scientific discipline designated for the center for
advanced technology and/or the center's host campus,  an  evaluation  of
the ability of the proposed research to be undertaken at such facilities
to  aid  existing business and to create new business in New York state,
and the ability of the proposal to leverage and attract  federal  funds,
venture capital and private industry funds.
(d)  The capital facility program shall also provide financing for the
reconstruction, rehabilitation or  improvement  of  existing  laboratory
facilities.  Funds  available  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  shall be
available  for  research  facilities  at  all  institutions  of   higher
education and research institutions in New York state.
(e)  The office and the city university construction fund may contract
for the construction fund to design,  construct,  acquire,  reconstruct,
rehabilitate  and  improve research and development facilities for those
primary  host  institutions  which  are  senior  colleges  of  the  city
university of New York.
5.  An  incentive  program  is  hereby  created  to provide additional
assistance to technology transfer  or  commercialization  activities  at
institutions  of higher education and research institutions in the state
of New York for the purpose  of  encouraging  technology  transfer  from
institutions of higher education and research institutions to businesses
and  for commercialization within New York state. Funds appropriated for
this program shall be available for personal service expenses to enhance
the technology transfer abilities or commercialization  of  research  of
higher education and research institutions to businesses within New York
state  including but not limited to patent applications, the creation of
business  and  marketing  plans,   venture   capital   conferences   and
non-capital costs associated with the development of real property owned
by  such  institution  of  higher  education or research institution for
research and development purposes. Funds  awarded  under  the  incentive
program  shall  not  exceed fifty percent of the cost of the purpose for
which  such  funds  shall  be  applied.  The  faculty  development   and
technology  transfer  advisory  council,  as  established by subdivision
three-a of this section, shall review and recommend proposals  submitted
for  consideration  pursuant  to  this  subdivision. Preference shall be
given to proposals developed in coordination with a  private  or  public
medical school located in the state.
6.  A  center  for  advanced technology development program is created
whereby funds shall be awarded to centers for  advanced  technology  for
the  purpose  of enhancing and expanding the existing role of the center
in the area for which it  is  designated.  Funds  appropriated  for  the
development  program  shall  be  awarded  to  such  centers for advanced
technology. Criteria for the issuance of awards shall be established  by
the  office  and  shall  include but need not be limited to the economic
development potential of the research  undertaken  at  such  center  for
advanced  technology,  funding  leveraged  from  other sources including
private interests and the  federal  government,  potential  of  revenues
accruing  to the institution of higher education or research institution
from the licensing of the products of research conducted at such  center
of  advanced  technology and the interaction of such center with private
industry.