Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 53B > Chapter 18 > Part 16 - USTAR Researchers

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Researcher: means an individual who:

  (a)	on May 8, 2018, is employed, alone or as part of a research team, by the university;

  (b)	before May 8, 2018, received funding from USTAR for some or all of the researcher's startup costs or salary;

  (c)	was recruited to become a member of the university's faculty; and

  (d)

  after May 8, 2018, receives some or all of the researcher's start up costs or salary from a legislative appropriation to the university for that purpose. See Utah Code 53B-18-1601 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 University: means Utah State University. See Utah Code 53B-18-1601 USTAR: means the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative, which was repealed in 2020. See Utah Code 53B-18-1601