A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to the board of governors of the university of north carolina to provide operating funds for the joint school of nanoscience and nanoengineering at the campus of the gateway university research park of north carolina agricultural and technical state university and the university of north carolina at greensboro.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of two million nine hundred thirty‑nine thousand dollars ($2,939,000) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to be used for operating expenses of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at the Millennium Campus of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering will build on the existing strengths of the two universities to offer innovative cross‑disciplinary graduate programs. The school plans to train scientists in various nanotechnology areas, including nanobioengineering and nanobiosciences, drug design and delivery, genetic screening, biosensors, biotechnology, surface engineering, energy, environmental improvement, agricultural enhancement, and toxicology.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.