Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-5060.16: Duties of Center relating to health research

The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and

Technology, with the advice and consent of the Committee, may:

1. Establish and operate a state program designed to secure and

impartially distribute funds credited to the Research Support

Revolving Fund to support professional service contracts for health

research projects;

2. Ensure that funding to support health research projects is

awarded only on the basis of scientific merit;

3. Design the health research program to ensure the optimum

performance of the investigator and the maximum efficiency of the

project;

4. Evaluate and approve health research projects to be funded

from the Research Support Revolving Fund;

5. Establish a procedure for the referral of proposed health

research projects to the Committee for review;

6. Establish procedures for review of proposed health research

projects by qualified individuals residing outside this state;

7. Suspend or terminate any professional service contract

supporting health research projects for failure by an investigator,

institution of higher learning, or nonprofit research institution to

comply with the procedures, requirements, or bylaws of the Center;

and

8. Enter into contracts to ensure the optimum performance of

health research investigators and to ensure the maximum efficiency

of proposed health research projects.