Regulations, Policies, and Procedures

University of Chicago Policies

University Administrative Resources & Assistance
A list of offices that provide administrative and technical guidance for researchers and administrators regarding sponsored research programs.
Responsible Conduct of Research
Links to divisional IRB websites, IACUC website, Agency regulations on research misconduct, and University of Chicago Academic Fraud policy.
Research Compliance Responsibilities
Resources such as the Compliance Responsibility Matrix and Whistleblower Policy, created to provide members of the research community with an understanding of the compliance structure at the University

Federal Regulations and Circulars

Federal Oversight Offices

Office for Research Integrity (ORI)
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) - if research involves Select Agents
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)

 

Institutional Policy

Guidance / Regulations

COI

Policy: Outside Professional and Commercial Interests of Faculty / Conflict of Interest (PDF) (July 2007)

Committee on Individual Conflict of Interest

Submission Process

Individual Financial COI Processes for Disclosure (PDF)

Online COI Assurance Submission System (COI Form 1)

Downloadable Disclosure Form (COI Form 2)

Guidance for Financial Conflict of Interest (NSF)

Helpful Topics (PDF)

Financial Conflict of Interest - Objectivity in Research: Institutional Policy Review (NIH policy)

Final Guidance Document - "Financial Relationships and Interests in Research Involving Human Subjects: Guidance for Human Subject Protection" (OHRP) (PDF)

Recognizing and Managing Personal Conflicts of Interest--COGR 2002 (PDF)

COGR (Council on Governmental Relations)
See under Educational Materials: Conflict of Interest "Approaches to Developing an Institutional Conflict of Interest Policy"

Human Subjects

Oversight Committees

Human Subjects Page

Biological Sciences Division Institutional Review Board

Social Service Administration/Chapin Hall Institutional Review Board

Social & Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board

45 CFR 46 - Protection of Human Subjects

Public Law 103-43, Sec. 498A Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research

Statutory Basis for 45 CFR 46

Presidential Memorandum on Protection of Human Subjects (2/17/94)

The Belmont Report

Belmont Report Historical Archive

ORS - Policies Governing Research

Office of Human Research Protection

US Food & Drug Administration

Animal Welfare

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

Animal Resources Center (ARC)

Animal Use in Teaching Committee

PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
or view as PDF (To order a free hard copy of the PHS Policy send a request to OLAW@od.nih.gov)

1996 Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
(To order a free hard copy of the 1996 Guide send a request to OLAW@od.nih.gov)

Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia, 2000 (PDF)

Public Law 99-158, Section 495, "Animals in Research"

Public Law 103-43, Section 205, "Plan for Use of Animals in Research" (PDF)

USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Services

Institutional Care and Use Committees

Biohazards

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

University Safety and Environmental Affairs Office

NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities

Office of Recombinant DNA Activity

USDA Biotech and Science Services

Hazardous Chemical Waste

Hazardous Chemical Waste Disposal

University Safety and Environmental Affairs Office Manager, Safety & Regulatory Compliance (2-3363)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Radiation Protection

Human Use of Radioisotopes and Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC)

Radiation Safety Committee (laboratory and animal use)

Office of Radiation Safety

Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety (Broad scope license)

 
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