; and (II) may use support provided under such subparagraph— (aa) for the costs of equipment, including mid-tier infrastructure, and the purchase of cyberinfrastructure resources, including computer time; or (bb) for other activities or costs necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. (ii) Support of regional technology hubs Each center established under subparagraph (A) may support and participate in, as appropriate, the activities of any regional technology hub designated under section 27(d) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3722(d) ). (C) Requirements The Director shall ensure that any institution of higher education or consortium receiving a grant or cooperative agreement under subparagraph (A) has demonstrated an ability to advance the goals described in subsection (b)(1). (7) Moving technology from laboratory to market (A) Program authorized The Director shall establish a program in the Directorate to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or consortia described in paragraph (3)(A)(i)(III)— (i) to build capacity at an institution of higher education and in its surrounding region to increase the likelihood that new technologies in the key technology focus areas will succeed in the commercial market; and (ii) with the goal of promoting experiments with a range of models that institutions of higher education could use to— (I) enable new technologies to mature to the point where the technologies are more likely to succeed in the commercial market