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Senate panel hears plan to move bioscience grants under Industrial Commission; amendment on council makeup passes
Summary
Senate Education Committee members heard testimony on Senate Bill 2328, which would replace the Bioscience Innovation Grant Program with a Life Science Research Council under the Industrial Commission and request funding to continue grant awards to life‑science projects.
Senate Education Committee members heard testimony on Senate Bill 2328, which would replace the existing Bioscience Innovation Grant Program with a Life Science Research Council under the Industrial Commission and request funding to continue grant awards to life‑science projects.
The bill, offered by Sen. Brad Wozniak, establishes a Life Science Development Fund and sets the Industrial Commission as the oversight authority. Supporters told the committee the program has produced economic benefits for North Dakota, and the bill would broaden governance and add scientific advisory capacity.
The legislation would create a new chapter (proposed chapter 54) to set membership and duties for a Life Science Research Council and authorize an appropriation of $12,000,000, the same amount previously appropriated for the bioscience grants, according to testimony from the Department of Agriculture and others.
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