2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES (160-186)
Chapter 173 Department of Higher Education
Section 173.510 (Repealed L. 2012 H.B. 1608 § A)

173.510. As used in sections 173.500 to 173.565, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Applied project", any activity which seeks to utilize, synthesize, or apply existing knowledge, information, or resources to the resolution of a specified problem, question, or issue;

(2) "Board of curators", the board of curators for the University of Missouri;

(3) "Coordinating board", the Missouri coordinating board for higher education;

(4) "Department", the Missouri department of economic development;

(5) "Institution", any approved private institution or approved public institution, as these terms are defined in section 173.205, which are certified as such by the coordinating board;

(6) "Research project", any original investigation for the advancement of scientific or technological knowledge;

(7) "Small business", an independently owned and operated business as defined in title 15 U.S.C. section 632A and as described by title 13 CFR part 21; and

(8) "University", any institution of higher learning located within this state which has one or more campuses, offers doctoral level degrees, conducts basic research activities, and is federally or privately sponsored or funded, or both federally and privately sponsored or funded.