The Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development Board shall create an advisory committee to the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology for each program pertaining to research which is operated by the Center and does not have such a committee established by law. The advisory committees shall include representatives of the business, higher education and research communities. No more than two members of the Board may serve on an advisory committee. No member of the Board may serve concurrently on more than one advisory committee.

At least one-third (1/3) of the members of each advisory committee shall be researchers with experience in basic or applied scientific or technological research. The Board shall make every effort to appoint researchers possessing the following qualifications:

1. Tenured appointment as an Associate or Full Professor in one of the following four groups of discipline:

a.Life Sciences (Biology, Biochemistry, Botany, Microbiology, Zoology),

b.Physical Sciences (Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Geology, Meteorology),

c.Engineering or Computer Science, or

d.Business Administration; and

2. Publication of research papers (excluding abstracts, proceedings or comments) in nationally or internationally refereed journals. A list of such journals shall be determined annually by the Board; or

3. Satisfaction of one of the following two criteria:

a.Principal investigator for research grants awarded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, or any such other organization holding external peer-reviewed national competitions for the distribution of research funds. A list of qualifying organizations shall be determined annually by the Board. Research grants awarded in exclusively statewide competitions and service contracts or other grants not requiring submission of a research proposal or which are funded on bases other than scientific merit shall not be used to satisfy this requirement, or

b.Inventor of one or more products which have had commercial application. Contractual commitments for a product or products shall meet this requirement; and

4. Demonstrated experience in the evaluation of research programs, which shall be satisfied either by review of external proposals from the organizations listed in subparagraph a of paragraph 3 of this section, or by review of proposals in university-wide competitions for internal support of research.

The most highly qualified researchers in this state with a breadth of experience in a variety of disciplines shall be given priority.

Added by Laws 1988, c. 246, § 10, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 484, § 10, eff. July 1, 2002.