§ 116-251. Piedmont Triad Regional Institute's Director; funding administration duties.
§ 116‑251. Piedmont Triad Regional Institute's Director; funding administration duties.
The Director of the Piedmont Triad Research Institute shall reportdirectly to the board of directors of the Institute. The Director shalladminister the Institute's funds from three primary sources for the generaloperation of the Institute and the fourth for the operation of the PiedmontTriad Graduate Engineering Program established by G.S. 116‑252. Thesesources of funds are as follows:
(1) Funds from external research funding agencies such as theNational Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health;
(2) Funds from industries in support of specific researchprojects;
(3) Funds from block grants from foundations and chambers ofcommerce; and
(4) Funds appropriated to the Institute from the State insupport of the Piedmont Triad Graduate Engineering Program established by G.S.116‑252. (1991, c. 316, s.1.)