Colleges and universities; joint subcommittee to study research potential. (HJ103)

Introduced By

Del. Dave Nutter (R-Christiansburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Study; research potential at colleges and universities; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the research potential at colleges and universities in the Commonwealth. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee committee shall identify: (i) actions to increase the research potential at the Commonwealth's colleges and universities; (ii) comparisons between the Commonwealth and other states regarding research productivity of its higher education system and state funding of university-based research and development; (iii) policies to encourage enhanced university-industry collaborations; (iv) mechanisms for stimulating college and university research that have proved effective or ineffective in other states; (v) strategies through which the Commonwealth can make use of the research discoveries already developed by its public institutions of higher education; (vi) policies establishing priority areas for research funding and identifying qualified individuals in those prioritized funding areas; and (vii) an administrative model that can effectively oversee a program that supports academic research in the Commonwealth and that can ensure that funds allocated to research initiatives are used in accordance with the purposes for which they were appropriated. The joint subcommittee must submit an executive summary and report of its findings and recommendations to the 2007 Session of the General Assembly. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/10/2006Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 060903436
01/10/2006Referred to Committee on Rules
02/15/2006Left in Rules