(a) Authority for this Chapter is provided in §§62.161 - 62.169 of the Education Code, Governor's University Research Initiative. These rules establish procedures to administer this grant program to award matching grants to eligible institutions in Texas.     
      (b) The purpose of the GURI grant program is to provide matching grants to qualified applicants to provide funds to support the recruitment of distinguished researchers to eligible institutions in Texas in the areas of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §190.2 adopted to be effective February 4, 2016, 41 TexReg 776; amended to be effective July 14, 2022, 47 TexReg 3971