(a) Grant Awards from the Institute shall fund:
  (1) Research into the causes of and cures for all types of cancer in humans;
  (2) Facilities for use in research into the causes and cures for cancer;
  (3) Research, including translational research, to develop therapies, protocols, medical pharmaceuticals, or procedures for the cure or substantial mitigation of all types of cancer in humans;
  (4) Cancer Prevention and Control Programs in this state to mitigate the incidence of all types of cancer in humans;
  (5) Support for institutions of learning and advanced medical research facilities and collaborations in this state in all stages in the process of finding the causes of all types of cancer in humans and developing cures, from laboratory research to clinical trials and including programs to address the problem of access to advanced cancer treatment; and
  (6) Implementation of the Texas Cancer Plan.
(b) The Oversight Committee shall annually set priorities for each of the Institute's Grant Programs to be considered during the Institute's Grant Review Process.
  (1) The presiding officer of the Oversight Committee is responsible for establishing a process to develop annual Grant Program priorities.
  (2) The annual Grant Program priorities shall be approved by a simple majority of the Oversight Committee and posted on the Institute's Internet website.

Source Note: The provisions of this §703.1 adopted to be effective December 21, 2009, 34 TexReg 9213; amended to be effective March 2, 2014, 39 TexReg 1386