Summary


This rule establishes the USTAR Energy Research Triangle Scholars grant program, which is a collaborative effort between USTAR and the Utah Governor's Office of Energy Development (GOED) and will be administered according to these rules. Grants provide funding to university faculty research professors for student-led projects that seek to address technical challenges related to energy issues important to economic growth in the state of Utah. Anticipated duration of projects will be 12 to18 months. Funding must be budgeted by state fiscal year (July 1 through June 30) and funding will be dependent on meeting milestones and continued USTAR appropriation. The change is to: 1) clarify the language in the administrative rules for the grant; 2) update terms and conditions for entities eligible to apply for the grant, criteria for evaluating and awarding grant funding, and contracting and reporting requirements of grant recipients; and 3) to make USTAR administrative rule language similar across grant programs.