261—111.6 (15,83GA,SF142) Eligible applicants.
	 111.6(1) An eligible applicant must be a for-profit business located in Iowa and must demonstrate the commitment of more than one company from one or more of the following industries as classified by the North American Industry Classification System:
	  ● 	 Biosciences.
	  ● 	 Information technologies.
	  ● 	 Advanced manufacturing.
	 111.6(2) Applications from the U.S. Department of Commerce/NIST manufacturing extension partnership in Iowa (MEP) on behalf of eligible for-profit businesses located in Iowa will be considered for funding.
	 111.6(3) The department will establish discrete projects and collaborative projects with the department of workforce development, which do not require application, for supplier capacity and product database initiatives.
[ARC 8211B, IAB 10/7/09, effective 11/11/09]