The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Ad hoc committee means a committee of experts created by the Oversight Committee to advise the Oversight Committee on issues related to cancer.
2. (2) Applicant means the public or private institution of higher education, as defined by §61.003, Education Code, research institution, government organization, non-governmental organization, non-profit organization, other public entity, private company, individual, or consortia, including any combination of the aforementioned, that submits an application to the Institute for a grant funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Fund. Unless otherwise indicated, this term includes the principal investigator.
3. (3) Application means the written proposal submitted to the Institute by an applicant that, if successful, will result in an award of money from the Cancer Prevention and Research Fund. An application may be submitted in response to a published Request for Applications or unsolicited by the Institute.
4. (4) Cancer Prevention and Research Fund means the dedicated account in the general revenue fund consisting of patent, royalty, and license fees and other income received under a contract with a CPRIT funding award recipient, legislative appropriations, gifts, grants, and other donations, and earned interest.
5. (5) Close relative means a parent, spouse, domestic partner, or son or daughter.
6. (6) Entity means any organization recognized by law, including a sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation, holding company, joint stock company, receivership, or trust, as well as any program, enterprise, non-profit corporation public or private research or academic institution.
7. (7) Executive Director means the Executive Director of the CPRIT and any other official or employee of the CPRIT to whom the authority involved has been delegated.
8. (8) Funding Award means any award of money from the Cancer Prevention and Research Fund made by the Institute to an applicant in response to a solicited or unsolicited application. A funding award must be in the form of an executed contract between the Institute and the Recipient.
9. (9) Institute means the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas or CPRIT.
10. (10) Institute employee means any individual within the employ of the Institute, including any individuals performing duties for the Institute pursuant to a contract of employment.
11. (11) Oversight Committee member means any person appointed to and serving on the Oversight Committee of the Institute, or any person who sits on that board by operation of statute or by designation.
12. (12) Principal investigator means a single individual designated by the grantee in the grant application and approved by the Institute, who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the project.
13. (13) Professional associate of the reviewer means any colleague, scientific mentor, or student with whom the peer reviewer is currently conducting research or other significant professional activities or with whom the member has conducted such activities within three years before the date of the review.
14. (14) Recipient means the public or private institution of higher education, as defined by §61.003, Education Code, research institution, government organization, non-governmental organization, non-profit organization, other public entity, private company, individual, or consortia, including any combination of the aforementioned, who is awarded money from the Cancer Prevention and Research Fund. Unless otherwise indicated, this term includes the principal investigator.
15. (15) Scientific Research and Prevention Program committee means one or more groups of experts in the field of cancer research, prevention or commercialization appointed by the Executive Director and approved by the Oversight Committee for the purpose of reviewing grants applications and making recommendations to the Executive Director regarding the award of cancer research and prevention grants.
16. (16) University Advisory Committee means the committee created by the Texas Health and Safety Code, §102.154 to advise the Oversight Committee regarding the role of institutions of higher education in cancer research.

Source Note:The provisions of this §702.3 adopted to be effective July 13, 2009, 34 TexReg 4640; amended to be effective February 11, 2010, 35 TexReg 872.