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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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See also...

Stanford Office of Technology Licensing Home Page
Intellectual Property Resource Page
Requirements for Stanford Patent and Copyright Agreements
Relationships Between Students, including Postdoctoral Scholars, and Outside Entities, Research Policy Handbook 2.11
Best Practices for Student Entrepreneurial Courses (regarding intellectual property)

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Chapter 5: Intellectual Property

5.1 Inventions, Patents and Licensing

See also:

Patent and Copyright Agreement for Personnel at Stanford (SU-18)

Patent and Copyright Agreement for Personnel at Stanford who have a Prior Existing and Conflicting Intellectual Property Agreement with Another Employer (SU-18A))

Intellectual Property Agreements for Non-Stanford Personnel, memo from Arthur Bienenstock

5.2 Copyright Policy

See also:

Stanford Patent and Copyright Agreements, SU-18 and SU-18A referenced above

5.3 Tangible Research Property

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