Complete 2012 forensic audit documents - Kansas Bioscience ...

center is a public and private collaboration of Kansas Wheat Commission, KSU, KU and many
private investors.
The Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research is creating medical
instruments, medical devices and composite implants that will improve the practice of orthopedic
medicine. The center focuses on commercial viability, conducting research requested by
industry to meet market needs and capitalizing on the concentration of composites expertise
found in Wichita due to the state’s longstanding aviation industry leadership. Together with
KBA, CIBOR is jointly sponsored by Via Christi, one of the largest health systems in the
Midwestern U.S. and Wichita State University, home of the National Institute of Aviation
Research.
There is a cost sharing requirement between the centers and KBA. The centers must at least
match dollar for dollar the investment by KBA for the construction and operation of the project
in accordance with a budget included as part of the application process. Each center’s cost
sharing participation must be reported to KBA on a quarterly basis and the report must be
certified by the center director.
Through June 30, 2011, four Center of Innovation awards have been approved for funding in the
amount of $16,296,667. Through June 30, 2011, $11,957,756 had been paid. Please refer to
Exhibit 10 for a listing of the Center of Innovation awards.
Collaborative Biosecurity Research Initiative
The Collaborative Biosecurity Research Initiative (“CBRI”) was a $2.5 million initiative
designed to bring together researchers nationwide to create products that protect Americans from
the intentional use of animal-borne diseases to infect humans or to disrupt the national economy.
This initiative is separate from, but supported the efforts to attract NBAF. It was initiated in
FY2008 during the NBAF site selection competition as a mechanism to engage academic
research institutions as partners for the Kansas bid.
The CBRI supported inter-institutional research to: 1) develop countermeasures for foreignanimal
diseases; 2) provide advanced test and evaluation capability for threat detection,
vulnerability and countermeasure assessment for animal and zoonotic diseases; 3) support
licensure of vaccine countermeasures through essential animal-model testing and evaluation; and
4) strengthen biosecurity capabilities of institutions serving certain regions and populations, such
as students underrepresented in biosecurity research.
The goal of the CBRI was to bring the nation’s brightest researchers together to protect the
public health and safeguard the agriculture economy, using the unique biosecurity research
capabilities and facilities at KSU. The initiative allowed academic, federal-agency and nonprofit
researchers to collaborate with KSU scientists to perform research not possible at their home
institutions.
The CBRI provided awards to investigators conducting projects in partnership with researchers
at KSU Biosecurity Research Institute, building on Kansas’ international leadership in plant- and
animal-health research.
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