VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #R006

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

Policy Order No: R006 Effective Date: February 2, 2004 Revised Date: February 1, 2012; October 28, 2013

Signature on File __________________________ Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O., Provost, Dean and Executive Vice President

Signature on File __________________________ James F. Wolfe, Ph.D., President __________________________________________________________________________________________

Office of Research Administration: Grants Administration Policy and Procedure __________________________________________________________________________________________

1. T HE O FFICE OF R ESEARCH A DMINISTRATION .................................................................................................2 1.1. A DMINISTRATIVE A PPROVAL O VERVIEW .....................................................................................................2 1.2. C ONTRACT M ANAGEMENT O VERVIEW .........................................................................................................3 2. K EY A REAS OF P RE S UBMISSION .......................................................................................................................3 2.1. D EFINITIONS .................................................................................................................................................3 2.2. ORA D EADLINES AND G ENERAL S UBMISSION G UIDELINES ........................................................................3 2.3. T RANSFERRING N EW OR C ONTINUING A WARDS ..........................................................................................4 2.4. C OLLABORATIVE P ROJECTS WITH O THER I NSTITUTIONS .............................................................................4 3. A DMINISTRATIVE R EVIEW AND S PECIAL C LEARANCES ..................................................................................5 3.1. P ROJECT P ARTICIPANTS ................................................................................................................................5 3.2. C ONFLICT OF I NTEREST ................................................................................................................................5 3.3. H UMAN S UBJECTS .........................................................................................................................................5 3.4. A NIMAL S UBJECTS ........................................................................................................................................5 4. S UBMITTING P ROJECT D OCUMENTS FOR I NSTITUTIONAL S IGNATURES ........................................................5 4.1. R EVIEW A REAS .............................................................................................................................................6 4.2. S UBMISSIONS TO ORA..................................................................................................................................6 5. VCOM P OLICIES A PPLICABLE TO S PONSORED P ROJECTS ..............................................................................8 5.1. I NTELLECTUAL P ROPERTIES .........................................................................................................................8 5.2. E QUIPMENT ...................................................................................................................................................8 6. P OST A WARD P ROCEDURES ................................................................................................................................9 6.1. ORA P OST -A WARD R ESPONSIBILITIES .........................................................................................................9 6.2. PI P OST -A WARD R ESPONSIBILITIES ...........................................................................................................10 6.3. F EDERAL G RANT P RIOR A PPROVAL C ATEGORIES ......................................................................................11

7. D URATION OF P OLICY .......................................................................................................................................11

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