Commercialization Policies
Commercialization of Intellectual Property Policy: Governs patents and ownership, commercialization, and dissemination of intellectual property rights in University technologies.
Reporting inventions or software: Governs protection of intellectual property developed at the University, along with procedures for reporting inventions or software.
Federal Bayh-Dole Act: Lets small businesses and nonprofit organizations, including universities, retain the title to inventions made under federally-funded research programs.
Conflict of Interest and External Activities
Board of Regents & Administrative Policies
Regents: Individual Conflicts of Interest (PDF)
Related administrative policies:
- Individual Conflicts of Interest and Standards Governing Relationships with Business Entities
- Outside Consulting and Other Commitments
Regents: Institutional Conflict of Interest (PDF)
Related administrative policy: Institutional Conflict of Interest
Office for Institutional Compliance: Provides independent oversight over the University's compliance programs, assuring that the University complies with federal, state, and local laws; regulations; and University policies.
Required Instruction for Researchers
Guidelines for Maintaining Laboratory Notebooks: Helps researchers keep accurate, detailed, and up-to-date lab notebooks to prove inventorship and validity of research results.
Responsible Conduct of Research: Intellectual property education is part of the Responsible Conduct of Research core training required for new principal investigators.