; and (ii) if a commercial building, more than 5 stories in height. 302. Joint mass timber science and education program (a) Mass timber science and education program with the forest products laboratory The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Director of the Forest Products Laboratory of the Forest Service (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), shall establish a mass timber science and education program to respond to the emerging research needs of architects, developers, and the forest products industry. (b) Coordination The Secretary shall work closely with research programs at colleges and universities in administering the mass timber science and education program established under subsection (a) to supplement the current research and educational efforts of colleges and universities. (c) Purposes The mass timber science and education program established under subsection (a) shall have the following principal purposes: (1) To provide practical research responsive to the needs of architects, developers, and the forest products industry, including assessments of carbon impacts in the originating forests and the end use of mass timber in the built environment. (2) To engage and listen to clients and then develop focused, strategic lines of new research responsive to those needs, which may include research relating to flammability and performance during a fire, structural characteristics, energy use and savings, acoustics, and slab construction composed of hybrid materials. (3) To solicit proposals from scientists who compete for funding through a rigorous peer-review process designed to ensure the best projects are funded. (4) To disseminate research findings using a suite of communication tools to ensure that architects, developers, and the forest products industry are aware of, understand, and can use the information to make sound decisions and implement projects. (5) To develop and facilitate the adoption, on a voluntary basis, of a curriculum for building structures using mass timber for use