Utah Admin. Code R856-5-4 - Eligibility Criteria
(1) ERT-P grant is
available to university research teams that meet the following guidelines:
(a) Research team must include at least three
researchers.
(b) Research team must
include at least three Utah universities or colleges.
(c) Research team must include at least two
Utah research universities under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of
Higher Education (http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/classification_descriptions/basic.php).
The following three Utah universities are currently classified as research
universities:
(i) University of
Utah;
(ii) Utah State
University;
(iii) Brigham Young
University;
(d) Research
team may include at least one researcher from universities in the state of Utah
other than those listed in (1)(c).
(2) Research team must be developing a
technology with applications that can address Utah-specific energy and natural
resource issues.
(a) USTAR/OED may specify a
specific subsector of Utah's energy and natural resource industry as a priority
for grant funding in the ERT-P application materials.
(b) ERT-P grants are targeted at energy and
natural resource innovation and development.
(c) In selecting targeted energy and natural
resource subsectors eligible to receive support from ERT-P, the governing
authority may consider the following factors:
(A) statewide or regional importance of the
subsector to Utah's economy;
(B)
relative size of the subsector, its stability, and growth potential;
(C) characteristics of the state's existing
workforce, including education and training;
(D) the current availability of other sources
of funding or risk capital (public or private) for early-stage companies in the
technology sector;
(E) the
potential for the subsector to develop new jobs and business opportunities in
the state;
(F) the likelihood that
research in this subsector will result in the creation of a company in Utah or
IP transfer to an existing Utah company; and,
(G) any other factor USTAR/OED deems
relevant, considering the mission of USTAR and the purpose of ERT-P.
(3) Eligible
technologies will be between a TRL 2-5;
(4) Applicants may not receive ERT-P funding
and UTAG funding for the same technology in the same Utah fiscal
year.
(5) If Applicant is a current
recipient of any other USTAR grant, that project must be verified as complete
by USTAR before the application deadline in order for the awardee to be
eligible to apply, unless expressly exempted by USTAR.
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