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RPH Chapters:

1. Offices, Committees and Panels That Support Research

1.1 Committees, Councils and Governing Boards

1.2 Charge to the Committee on Research

1.3 Office of Sponsored Research

1.4 Administrative Panels for Research Compliance

1.5 Confidentiality of Administrative Panel Proceedings

2. Academic Policies

2.1 Principles Concerning Research

2.2 Rights and Responsibilities in the Conduct of Research

2.3 Academic Freedom

2.4 Principal Investigatorship (PI) Eligibility and Criteria for Exceptions

2.5 Research Misconduct: Policy on Allegations, Investigations, and Reporting

2.6 Openness in Research

2.7 Multi-Authored Research Papers

2.8 On Academic Authorship

2.9 Establishing and Managing Independent Laboratories, Institutes and Centers at Stanford University

2.10 Retention of and Access to Research Data

2.11 Relationships Between Students (including Postdoctoral Scholars) and Outside Entities

3. Financial Aspects of Sponsored Projects Administration

3.1 Fiscal Responsibilities of Principal Investigators (PIs)

3.2 Definition of Sponsored Projects and Distinctions from Other Forms of Funding

3.3 Facilities & Administrative (Indirect Cost) and Fringe Benefits Rates: Definitions and Calculations

3.4 Categories of Sponsored Projects

3.5 Cost Sharing Policy

3.6 Charging for Administrative and Technical Expenses

3.8 Salary Cap Administration

3.9 Tuition Allowance for Research Assistants

3.10 Indirect Cost Waivers

3.11 Undergraduate Student Salaries Charged to Sponsored Projects

3.12 Control of Property

3.13 Cost Transfer Policy for Sponsored Projects

4. Conflicts of Commitment and Interest

4.1 Faculty Policy on Conflict of Commitment and Interest

4.2 PHS and NSF Requirements Regarding Financial Disclosures and Agency Notifications

4.3 Consulting and Other Outside Professional Activities by Members of the Academic Council and Medical Center Line Faculty

4.4 Conflict of Commitment and Interest for Academic Staff and Other Teaching Staff

4.5 University Investments in Start-Up Companies Involving Stanford Faculty

4.6 Equity Acquisition in Technology Licensing and Distance Learning Agreements

4.7 Institutional Conflict of Interest

5. Intellectual Property

5.1 Inventions, Patents and Licensing

5.2 Copyright Policy

5.3 Tangible Research Property

6. Environmental Health and Safety

6.1 Charge to the University Committee on Health and Safety

6.2 Health and Safety at Stanford University: Principles, Responsibilities and Practices

6.3 Emergency and Non-Emergency Hazardous Material Release Response (EHS website)

6.4 This document has been incorporated into RPH 6.3, above.

6.5 University Laboratory Animal Occupational Health Program (LAOHP)

6.6 Chemical Hygiene Plan and Chemical Hazard Communication Policy (EHS website)

6.7 Radiological Hazards (EHS website)

6.8 Laser Safety (EHS website)

6.9 Biohazardous Agents and Recombinant DNA (EHS website)

6.10 Research Funded by DOE through SLAC (EHS website)

7. Human Subjects in Research

7.0 Human Research Protection Program

7.1 Federalwide Assurance for Protection of Human Subjects

7.2 Women as Subjects in Research

7.3 Use of Human Subjects in Student Projects, Pilot Studies and Oral Histories (Non-Medical)

7.4 This has been incorporated into 7.3

7.5 Use of Employees or Laboratory Personnel as Research Subjects

7.6 Guidelines for Studies Involving Human Volunteers Receiving Potentially Addicting Drugs

7.7 Training in the Protection of Human Subjects in Research

8. Laboratory Animals in Research

8.1 Animal Welfare Assurance: Core Contents

8.2 Use of Vertebrate Animals in Teaching Activities

8.3 Responsibilities for the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

8.4 Transport, Care, and Use of Non-Stanford Owned Laboratory Animals on the Stanford Campus

8.5 Animal Care And Use Training And Education Program

9. Non-Faculty Research Appointments

9.1 Academic Staff - Research (AS-R): Policy and Procedures for Appointment and Promotion

9.2 Grievance Procedure: Academic Staff

9.3 Graduate Student Research Assistantships: This document has been replaced by Administrative Guide Memo 24.2, Graduate Student Assistantships

9.4 Postdoctoral Scholars

9.5 Retention of Consultants

9.6 Visiting Scholars

9.7 Procedures for Registering Visiting Student Researchers

10. Other Aspects of Sponsored Projects Administration

10.1 Preparation, Review and Submission of Sponsored Project Proposals

10.2 Export Controls

10.3 Acting Principal Investigatorship

10.4 Nondiscrimination in Research Agreements

10.5 Establishment of Industrial Affiliates and Related Membership-Supported Programs

10.6 Research Participation Agreements

10.7 Human Stem Cell Research

10.8 Human Skeletal Remains

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Research Policy Handbook

Document 7.1

Federalwide Assurance of Protection for Human Subjects

Classification

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Federalwide Assurance of Protection for Human Subjects
Assurance # 00000935

Originally issued

August 14, 2001

Current version

Dec 2010 - Dec 2013

Authority

United States Department of Health and Human Services
Stanford Vice Provost and Dean of Research

Contact

Research Compliance Director

Related RPH Documents

Attachments

None for this document

See also…

Research Compliance Office Home Page
Administrative Panels on Human Subjects
Protection of Human Subjects in Research, a required tutorial
Human Subjects Manual

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Stanford University reserves the right to amend at any time the policies and other materials contained in this handbook. Currently applicable versions are provided here, superseding any previous versions.

Federalwide Assurance of Protection for Human Subjects (RPH 7.1)

Current version: December 2010

Summary:

Provides assurance of Stanford compliance with Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regulations for the protection of human research subjects. Stanford University Assurance is effective through January 31, 2014.

Stanford University's Federalwide Assurance for the protection of human subjects, along with the related assurances for Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Lucille Salter Packard Children's Hospital, the Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education, and the Veteran's Administration Palo Alto Health Care System are all provided here as pdf files.

The following are incorporated into Stanford's Federalwide Assurance:

The Belmont Report
45 CFR 46, Code of Federal Regulations
Title 45: PUBLIC WELFARE, Part 46: PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

The links above are connected to the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) web site, and will open in a separate browser window.

Department of Health and Human Services
Federalwide Assurance of Protection for Human Subjects

		Expiration
#FWA00000935	Stanford University	January 31, 2014
#FWA00000934	Stanford Hospitals and Clinics	December 21, 2013
#FWA00000933	Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital	December 21, 2013
#FWA00000929	Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System	June 8, 2017
#FWA00000937	Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education (PAIRE)	April 23, 2017

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