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 three million two hundred forty‑one thousand dollars ($3,241,000) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year and the sum of one million one hundred fifty‑one thousand dollars ($1,151,000) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to be used for operating expenses of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at the Gateway University Research Park of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering builds on the existing strengths of the two universities to offer innovative cross‑disciplinary graduate programs. When fully operational the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering  will 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, 2009.