Conflicts of interest in research

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 05/20/2025
Category: Compliance and legal

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Dual use research of concern in the life sciences

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 05/04/2023
Category: Compliance and legal

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Export compliance and research security

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 11/19/2024
Category: Compliance and legal

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Institutional conflicts of interest in research

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 01/10/2022
Category: Compliance and legal

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Intellectual property

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 07/16/2024
Category: Compliance and legal

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Postdoctoral scholars policy

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 03/07/2023
Category: Compliance and legal

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Research-related institutes and centers

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 08/14/2024
Category: Compliance and legal

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Post award changes to sponsored programs – Rebudgeting, prior approvals and university expanded authority approval

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 10/09/2024
Category: Post-award

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Financial closeout of sponsored awards

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 11/14/2022
Category: Post-award

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Post-award financial management

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 11/14/2022
Category: Post-award

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Effort reporting

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 12/02/2024
Category: Post-award

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Corporate research agreements

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 09/13/2023
Category: Pre-award

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Cost sharing

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 03/21/2025
Category: Pre-award

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Facilities and administrative cost recovery

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 03/19/2025
Category: Pre-award

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Minimum effort for PIs and key personnel on sponsored programs

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 11/04/2024
Category: Pre-award

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Sponsored projects and gifts

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 10/26/2021
Category: Pre-award

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Sponsored programs proposal submission deadlines

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 04/29/2024
Category: Pre-award

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Compliance with federal RCR training requirements

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 10/11/2023
Category: Research conduct

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Principal Investigator eligibility for sponsored programs

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 11/08/2021
Category: Research conduct

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Reporting sponsor-investigator IND or IDE

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 05/02/2025
Category: Research conduct

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Research and development exception for the Virginia Conflict of Interest Act

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 05/04/2022
Category: Research conduct

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Research data ownership, retention, access, and security

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 05/13/2021
Category: Research conduct

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Research misconduct

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 03/02/2021
Category: Research conduct

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Use of controlled substances in research

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 09/09/2025
Category: Research conduct

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Conduct of animal research

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 11/22/2022
Category: Research subjects

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Conduct of human subjects research

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 04/06/2022
Category: Research subjects

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Human subjects research regulation

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 12/07/2022
Category: Research subjects

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Research space allocation

Type: Policy
Last reviewed: 12/11/2023
Category: Research conduct

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14-001.4 - Standard rates for ancillary and inpatient clinical research services

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/17/2025
Category: Clinical research

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14-002.4 - Good clinical practice training requirement

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 10/16/2023
Category: Clinical research

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14-004.2 - Industry-sponsored clinical research withholding requirements

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 09/12/2023
Category: Clinical research

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14-006.3 - Industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical trial/research facilities and administrative (F&A) costs rate

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 05/23/2024
Category: Clinical research

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15-004.1 - Full cost recovery guidelines for clinical research initiated and sponsored by industry

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 08/08/2024
Category: Clinical research

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15-005.3 - Use of accelerated confidentiality disclosure agreement template for industry-sponsored clinical trials

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/21/2024
Category: Clinical research

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15-006.3 - Use of RAMS-SPOT

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 01/18/2024
Category: Pre-award

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15-007.3 - Agreement review, negotiation, acceptance, and notification

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 08/29/2025
Category: Pre-award

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16-001.5 - Institutional requirement for use of OnCore

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 08/28/2024
Category: Clinical research

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16-002.3 - Clinical research coverage analysis

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 07/26/2024
Category: Clinical research

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16-003.4 - Compliance review fee for industry sponsored studies reviewed by an external IRB

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 12/17/2024
Category: Clinical research

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17-001.3 - VCU oversight of subrecipients on sponsored projects

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 08/25/2025
Category: Post-award

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17-002.5 - Notification requirement for research studies that are subject to external audit or inspection

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 11/25/2025
Category: Other

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17-003.7 - ClinicalTrials.gov registration and results reporting

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 04/23/2024
Category: Clinical research

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17-004.3 - Sponsored project and research volunteers

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 12/08/2021
Category: Other

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17-005.3 - Compliance with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 07/30/2025
Category: Post-award

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17-006.3 - Clinical trial administration service center and fees

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/26/2024
Category: Clinical research

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17-007.3 - Limited submission opportunities

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 01/04/2024
Category: Pre-award

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17-008.2 - NIH and NSF research fellows and trainees

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 04/17/2020
Category: Post-award

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17-009.4 - Oversight and management of VCU core laboratories

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 11/25/2024
Category: Other

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17-010.3 - VCU employee and facility use guidelines for clinical research

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 07/12/2024
Category: Clinical research

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18-001.3 - Overview of human subjects research audits and monitoring conducted by VCU oversight programs

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 11/13/2023
Category: Clinical research

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18-004.3 - Cannabis research, teaching, and outreach activities

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 10/09/2024
Category: Other

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18-005.3 - Creation of compliance notices

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/20/2024
Category: Other

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18-006.2 - Submitting to an external IRB

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 07/13/2022
Category: IRB

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19-001.3 - Federal notification requirement regarding sexual assault, harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/01/2023
Category: Post-award

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19-002.3 - Posting of clinical trial informed consent forms

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 07/12/2023
Category: IRB

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20-001.3 - Standardized process for VCU research payments to VCU Health System (VCUHS) and MCV Physicians (MCVP) for clinical or ancillary services

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/17/2025
Category: Post-award

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20-002.2 - PRMC approval required for cancer-related research involving human subjects

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 03/14/2023
Category: Pre-award

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20-003.2 - Award transfers from another institution to VCU

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/06/2023
Category: Pre-award

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20-004.2 - Award transfers from VCU to another institution

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/06/2023
Category: Post-award

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20-005.2 - Research-related institutes and centers

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 08/14/2024
Category: Research conduct

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20-006.1 - OVPRI matching funds program for research equipment

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/13/2024
Category: Pre-award

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20-007.3 - Subject injury language requirement and review for industry-sponsored human subjects research

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 02/13/2024
Category: IRB

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20-008.1 - Division of Sponsored Programs responsibilities

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 12/08/2023
Category: Pre-award

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21-001.2 - Individual development plans for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/03/2024
Category: Post-award

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21-002.2 - International shipping of biological materials

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 08/01/2024
Category: Other

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23-001.1 - Institutional requirement to use Veeva eTMF for multi-center clinical trials where VCU is the coordinating site

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 02/02/2023
Category: Clinical research

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23-002.1 - Institutional requirement to use Veeva SiteVault for clinical trials

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 03/29/2023
Category: Clinical research

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24-001.1 - Use of VCU Health Investigational Drug Services for Clinical Trials

Type: Compliance notice
Last reviewed: 06/04/2024
Category: Clinical research

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HRPP/IRB policies and guidance

Type: Guideline
Last reviewed: 09/16/2025
Category: Research conduct

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ACUP policies and guidelines

Type: Guideline
Last reviewed: 09/16/2025
Category: Research conduct

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IACUC written policies and procedures

Type: Guideline
Last reviewed: 04/16/2025
Category: Research conduct

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DAR standard operating procedures

Type: Guideline
Last reviewed: 09/16/2025
Category: Research conduct

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Postdoctoral guidelines and templates

Type: Guideline
Last reviewed: 09/16/2025
Category: Postdocs

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Award establishment

Type: Guideline
Last reviewed: 11/17/2022
Category: Post-award

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Award closeout

Type: Guideline
Last reviewed: 08/08/2023
Category: Post-award

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Billing and collections

Type: Guideline
Last reviewed: 09/08/2022
Category: Post-award

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Cost transfer procedures

Type: Guideline
Last reviewed: 07/02/2025
Category: Post-award

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Program income

Type: Guideline
Last reviewed: 09/07/2022
Category: Post-award

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Compliance notices are the primary method by which the OVPRI informs the VCU research community of research-related changes and of adjustments to research operations and requirements across the university. In general, compliance notices do not include a definitions section. For definitions of terms, please see the glossary of research terms. Draft notices open for comment will be sent via the RES-ADM listserv. Archived compliance notices will be kept on the OVPRI internal shared drive for a minimum of one year, at which time the documents may be purged completely. If an archived compliance notice is needed, contact rescomply@vcu.edu