Section R856-4-2 - Purpose and Goals(1) USTAR's Science and Technology Initiation Grant (STIG) provides grants to individual researchers or research teams employed by a Utah not-for-profit college or university to develop preliminary data, conduct proof of concept experiments, or perform other precursor research activities required to pursue larger, commercially-oriented grants from a federal agency, grant making foundation, industry or related entity.(2) The goal of STIG is to increase the amount of external research funding received by Utah's universities and strengthen the research and development capacity at state Universities in commercially-oriented areas aligned to existing state industry sectors.Utah Admin. Code R856-4-2
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-8, effective 3/22/2017Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-17, effective 8/15/2017Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-4, effective 1/23/2018