• Date Due: June 30, 2025
  • Author: Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority and Virginia Health Bioscience Research Corporation and Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority
  • Enabling Authority: Appropriation Act - Item 115 T. (Special Session I, 2024)
  • Description:
    Report on the proposal for a research center of life science in Virginia, including: (i) an estimate of costs to continue the initiatives funded in paragraphs P., Q., R., and S. of Item 115 of the 2024 Appropriation Act; (ii) opportunities for joint research projects and clinical trials between the initiatives; (iii) a model that centralizes the funding for these initiatives, similar to the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative; (iv) opportunities to consolidate state-funded life science efforts, programs, and initiatives; and (v) options for including additional higher education institutions, especially Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the statewide effort.