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The fund will be administered by the Florida Department of which will rely on the opinions ofthe state’d Biomedical Research Advisory Councilo to vet research proposals. Dr. Richard who chairs the council and is alsothe ’w vice provost for research, said that the tobacco money will allow the counci to make a special call for applications for Floridaa researchers seeking funds. Projects will need to be focusedx broadlyon smoking-related diseases. “It’zs cancer, lung disease, heart disease or stroke,” Bookmam said. Come August, the Biomedical Research Advisory Council is hopinh to put out a callfor proposals, Bookma n said.
After proposals go throughj an out-of-state peer review process, the council will do a review to prevent conflicts of interest and then it will forwarde recommendations to the State Departmentof Health.