Research

Institutions of higher education are committed to fostering research opportunities and partnerships that lead to breakthrough discoveries. The substantive law of research compliance includes effort reporting, conflicts of interest, research misconduct, export controls, human subjects, use of animals, and grant accounting, among other areas. This page provides a starting point for administrators, faculty members, and students to ensure compliance with federal regulations governing research.

• Resource Pages

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Resource Page on Regulations

• National Institutes of Health Resource Page on Regulations

• USDA Resource Page: Research Involving Animals

• NACUA Sponsored Research Resource Page  

  NACUA

• Campus Legal Information Clearinghouse Resource Page: Research

• University of Arkansas Human Subjects Research Resource Page

  University of Arkansas Research and Economic Development
• Publications

• United States Government Policy for Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern

  National Institutes of Health, March 29, 2012

• U.S. Proposes Greater Transparency--and Burdens--Tied to Biomedical Funds 

  Pamela J. Bernard, 2010, AGB

• The Fundamentals of Sponsored Research in the University Setting

  Robert E. Bienstock, Theresa J. Colecchia, 2008, NACUA

• Basics of Research Compliance: Research Intellectual Property, Federal Grants Administration, and Research Misconduct

  Alexander Dreier, Ann Adams, Jennifer Stillerman, Nancy Tribbensee, 2009, NACUA

• Compensation, Effort Commitments and Certification

  March 1, 2007, COGR

• Managing Externally Funded Research Programs

  July 1, 2009, COGR

• COGR Brochure - Export Controls and Universities - Information and Case Studies

  January 2, 2004, COGR

• 21 Questions on Technology Transfer

  Robert Hardy, July 9, 2010, COGR

• Tutorial on Technology Transfer

  CIP Committee, Robert Hardy, October 18, 2011, COGR

• Faculty Appointments at Academic Medical Centers

  August 17, 2010, COGR

• Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act

  March 1, 2007, COGR

• Protecting Patients, Preserving Integrity, Advancing Health: Accelerating the Implementation of COI Policies in Human Subjects Research

  Association of American Medical Colleges, Association of American Universities, 2008, AAMC

• Implementing the Final Rule on Financial Conflicts of Interest in Public Health Service Funded Research

  Association of American Medical Colleges, 2012, AAMC