R856-5-8. Grant Amount, Award, and Required Contract

  (1) USTAR/OED will have the discretion to limit the amount of funding that may be awarded for each ERT-P grant based on available funds, scope of project, and quality of proposal.

  (2) USTAR/OED reserves the right to award funding for any proposal in full or in part, to request additional information, or to reject any or all applications based on the eligibility and evaluation criteria set forth in these rules and according to the judgment and discretion of the governing authority.

  (3) Upon award of an ERT-P grant, and prior to any disbursement of funds, each lead university must enter into a contract with USTAR governing the use of grant funding.

  (a) The "lead university" is defined as the principal investigator's university

  (b) Subcontracts to the remaining universities will be administered by the lead university.

  (4) Unless addressed in the terms and conditions of the contract between university and USTAR, the following provisions shall apply:

  (a) grant funding may not be used to provide a primary benefit to any state other than Utah; and,

  (b) for all other eligibility requirements, awardee must maintain eligibility status for the ERT-P program until the project is complete, all milestones have been met, final disbursement of funding has been made, and first year reporting has been completed.

  (5) Violations of Section R856-5-8(4) may result in forfeiture of grant funding and may require repayment of all or a portion of the funding received as part of the ERT-P grant.