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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80424</law_id><section_number>32.1-162.26</section_number><catch_line>Conditions and restrictions on financial assistance</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5.3">Commonwealth Health Research Board and Fund; Christopher Reeve Stem Cell Research Fund</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall provide financial support only for research efforts that satisfy the following conditions: <a id="paragraph-288071" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-162.26/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The research shall be conducted by public institutions of higher education, agencies of the Commonwealth, or nonprofit organizations exempt from income taxation pursuant to &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and located in the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-288072" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-162.26/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The institution, agency, or organization shall match a percentage of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x2019;s support in a cash amount required by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>; <a id="paragraph-288073" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-162.26/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> No support provided by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall be used by the recipient to finance capital improvements or renovations, for indirect costs incurred by the institution, agency, or organization in its administration of the financial support, or for any other purpose proscribed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>; and <a id="paragraph-288074" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-162.26/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Recipients of support provided by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall agree to provide the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> with such information regarding the implementation of the research effort and allow such monitoring and review of the research effort as may be required by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> to ensure compliance with the terms under which the support is provided. <a id="paragraph-288075" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-162.26/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any support provided by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall be used by the recipient only for personal services, contractual services, <span class="dictionary">material</span>, supplies, and equipment directly relating to the approved research effort. <a id="paragraph-288076" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-162.26/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1997, cc. 803, 888, 891, &#xA7; 23-280; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
