(1) CREATION AND MISSION.—The Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer’s Center and Research Institute is established within the University of South Florida. The institute has a statewide mission to advance research, education, treatment, prevention, and the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and is responsible for distributing peer-reviewed competitive grant funds for Alzheimer’s disease research.
(2) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—The institute shall be administered by a chief executive officer who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the president of the University of South Florida or the president’s designee. The chief executive officer shall prepare an annual report for the institute which describes the expenditure of all of the institute’s funds and provides information regarding research that has been conducted or funded by the institute, including the expected and actual results of the research.
(3) BUDGET.—The institute’s budget shall include the moneys appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, donated, or otherwise provided to the institute from private, local, state, and federal sources, as well as technical and professional income generated or derived from practice activities at the institute. Any appropriation to the institute shall be expended for the purposes specified in this section, including conducting and supporting research and related clinical services, awarding institutional grants and investigator-initiated research grants to other persons within the state through a peer-reviewed competitive process, developing and operating integrated data projects, providing assistance to the memory disorder clinics established in s. 430.502, and providing for the operation of the institute.
History.—s. 191, ch. 2002-387; s. 2, ch. 2002-389; s. 1, ch. 2002-396; s. 5, ch. 2004-2; s. 44, ch. 2004-41; s. 12, ch. 2006-182; s. 1, ch. 2006-288; s. 98, ch. 2007-217; s. 1, ch. 2007-332; s. 1, ch. 2008-113; s. 5, ch. 2009-60; s. 53, ch. 2014-39.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code
Chapter 1004 - Public Postsecondary Education
Part II - State Universities (Ss. 1004.22-1004.64991)
Subpart B - Branch Campuses, Centers,Institutes, and Special Programs
1004.341 - University of South Florida branch campuses.
1004.344 - The Florida Center for the Partnerships for Arts Integrated Teaching.
1004.345 - The Florida Polytechnic University.
1004.3451 - Direct-support organization for Florida Polytechnic University.
1004.346 - Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute.
1004.36 - Florida Atlantic University campuses.
1004.384 - University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
1004.385 - Florida International University College of Medicine.
1004.39 - College of law at Florida International University.
1004.40 - College of law at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
1004.41 - University of Florida; J. Hillis Miller Health Center.
1004.42 - Florida State University College of Medicine.
1004.43 - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute.
1004.435 - Cancer control and research.
1004.4351 - Medical marijuana research.
1004.44 - Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.
1004.441 - Refractory and intractable epilepsy treatment and research.
1004.444 - Florida Center for Cybersecurity.
1004.445 - Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer’s Center and Research Institute.
1004.447 - Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc.
1004.4471 - Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition; affiliation with other universities.
1004.4473 - Industrial hemp pilot projects.
1004.45 - Ringling Center for Cultural Arts.
1004.46 - Multidisciplinary Center for Affordable Housing.
1004.47 - Research activities relating to solid and hazardous waste management.
1004.48 - Research protocols to determine most appropriate pollutant dispersal agents.
1004.49 - Florida LAKEWATCH Program.
1004.53 - Interdisciplinary Center for Brownfield Rehabilitation Assistance.
1004.55 - Regional autism centers; public record exemptions.
1004.56 - Florida Museum of Natural History; functions.
1004.57 - Vertebrate paleontological sites and remains; legislative intent and state policy.
1004.575 - Program of vertebrate paleontology within Florida Museum of Natural History.
1004.59 - Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium.
1004.60 - Research of Rosewood incident.
1004.615 - Florida Institute for Child Welfare.
1004.635 - State University System Research and Economic Development Investment Program.
1004.645 - Florida Center for Reading Research.
1004.647 - Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center.
1004.648 - Florida Energy Systems Consortium.
1004.649 - Northwest Regional Data Center.
1004.6496 - Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education.
1004.6497 - World Class Faculty and Scholar Program.
1004.6498 - State University Professional and Graduate Degree Excellence Program.
1004.6499 - Florida Institute of Politics.
1004.64991 - The Adam Smith Center for the Study of Economic Freedom.