Each sponsored project at the University of Minnesota is conducted within a framework of regulations, policies, and procedures, including:
- sponsor policies
- Regents' and University policies
- departmental and collegiate guidelines
Where the University has a policy in an area not specifically addressed by the sponsor, or where the University's policy is more restrictive than the sponsor's, the University's policy must be followed.
SPA Guidance
Policy
Sources for regulation, policy, procedure, or guidelines that relate to sponsored research:
- UMN Research Policy Library
- Uniform Guidance
- NSF Research Terms and Conditions
- NIH Policy Statement
- NSF Policy Office
- Fundamental Research Exclusion
- Employee Whistleblower Protection
- USDA Foreign Agricultural Service "What You (Recipients) Should Know" Non-Discrimination Requirements
Compliance
Look for compliance regulation and requirements in these areas:
PI/Senior/Key Personnel
- Research Compliance Office
- Office of Institutional Compliance (REPA)
- NIH Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI)
- NIH Other Support Guidance (video)
- Effort Reporting
Humans, Animals, etc.
- Institutional Review Board
- Office of Biotechnology Activities Oversight: Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
- Department of Environmental Health and Safety
- sIRB Guidance