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Conference committee agrees to $8 million research fund, debates matching formula and innovation pool
Summary
Conference committee on Senate Bill 2003 left an $8 million research appropriation in place and signaled consensus on several funding pieces while debating a revised matching formula and a $12 million workforce innovation pool.
Chairman Sorvaugh said the conference committee would leave the research appropriation at $8,000,000 and asked members if they had objections, indicating he would mark the item done if there were none. "The distribution that 90% goes to UND and NDSU to share equally and the other 10% goes to the other 9 institutions," he said, describing the funding split included in the bill.
Why it matters: The committee’s decision preserves a multi-institution research allocation and sets the stage for debate over how higher-education capital and innovation dollars are matched and distributed across the university system.
The Senate presented a…
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