Post-award Updates Table of Contents Add a header to begin generating the table of contents NASA issued a new conflict of interest and conflict of commitment policy for public comments on January 30, 2023.  Public Health Service (National Institutes of Health) Foreign Component Timing: Submit with application and requires prior approval when adding a foreign…

Pre-award Updates Table of Contents Add a header to begin generating the table of contents January 30, 2023: NASA published a new conflict of interest and conflict of commitment policy for public comments by March 1st. Public Health Service (National Institutes of Health) Biographical Sketches (Pre-award) Timing: Submit with application Applies to: All Senior/Key Personnel…

General Updates Table of Contents Add a header to begin generating the table of contents Research Data More information Principal Investigator’s Responsibilities When Conducting Research When University Researchers Leave UCI When Research Project Completed When Conducting Research The PI provides scholarly leadership pertaining to Research Data, including the collection, recording, managing, and disposal of Research…

Research Data Guidance The University of California issued a Research Data Policy, effective July 15, 2022, that clarified “the Regents of the University of California owns Research Data generated or collected in the course of University Research, and exercises this responsibility to support research, collaboration, public dissemination of information, and to meet its responsibility under…

Updates Due to recent scrutiny from the federal government related to undue foreign influence, conflict of interest will likely experience significant changes in the near future.  Please check here for the list of updates and new information. January 30, 2023 NSF PAPPG Updated NSF PAPPG annual update included changes to the definition of a “significant…

Sanctioned and Embargoed Countries The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury administers economic and trade sanctions against specific countries, individuals and entities. These trade sanctions programs apply to University activities. For the most recent list of sanctions, please visit the OFAC website. The most comprehensive sanctions involve: Cuba,…

Institutional Review Entity (IRE) PI identifies research that involves any of the 15 listed agents Institutional Review Entity (IRE):Determines whether the research involves any of the 7 experimental effects;If so, conducts a risk assessment to determine whether the research is DURC; andIf so, weighs the risk and benefits and develops a draft risk mitigation plan…

Policies The United States Government’s oversight of DURC is aimed at preserving the benefits of life sciences research while minimizing the risk of misuse of the knowledge, information, products, or technologies provided by such research. There are two USG policies that address the oversight of life sciences DURC. The United States Government Policy for Institutional…

Is My Research DURC? 1. Does your research include DURC Agents and/or toxins? 2. Does your research include one of the experimental effects of concern? 3. Does your research meet the definition of “DURC”? 1. Does your research include DURC Agents and/or toxins? Agents and toxins specified by the U.S. Government as governed by its…