Lawmakers and business leaders concede they likely won’t land the full $19 million they’d sought for the Oregon Innovation Council program.
However, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has pledged to keep close tabs on the Joint Ways and Means subcommittee that’s crafting the program’s final proposal.
Oregon Inc. funds many of the state’s signature research programs, including the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute — known as ONAMI — and the Oregon Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Center.
The session could mark the second consecutive time Oregon Inc.’s funding has been slashed. Lawmakers allotted the fund $16 million in state funding in the 2009-11 biennium, about 25 percent less than requested. The group received $28 million in the 2007-09 biennium.
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