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Research policies govern the administration of all IU research endeavors and the conduct of IU researchers. Topics include general research policies, and sponsored programs administration .

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<h4>IU Research Policies</h4><ul class="category-links"> <li><a href="../../../docs/Research/ClassifiedResearch.pdf">Classified Research</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.iu.edu/%7eufc/docs/policies/ResearchMisconduct.pdf">Policy and Procedures on Research Misconduct</a></li> </ul> <table class="policies"> <thead> <tr> <th class="policies-title" scope="col">Title</th> <th class="policies-number" scope="col">Number</th> <th class="policies-office" scope="col">Responsible Office</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/IU-Research-Policies/Care and Use of Vertebrate Animals in Research and Education.shtml">Care and Use of Vertebrate Animals in Research and Education</a> Provides guidelines that apply in all activities of IU where vertebrate animals are used in research/education regardless of the source(s) of support. </td> <td>RP-11-001</td> <td>Vice President for Research</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/academic-faculty-students/academic-policies/financial-conflicts-of-interest-in-research.shtml">Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research</a> Details provisions for avoiding, disclosing, managing, and resolving financial conflicts of interest in University research and sponsored programs. </td> <td>ACA-01</td> <td>Office of the Vice President for Research </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/IU-Research-Policies/Establishment_of_centers_and_institutes.shtml">Establishment of Centers and Institutes</a> Establishes guidelines for establishing centers and institutes at IU. </td> <td>RP-11-002</td> <td>Office of the Vice President for Research</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/IU-Research-Policies/Reducing_Text_Messaging_While_Driving_and_Performing_Work_under_Federal_Grant_or_Contract.shtml">Reducing Text Messaging While Driving and Performing Work under Federal Grant or Contract</a> Defines the ban on texting while driving federally owned vehicles or any vehicle when performing work for or on behalf of the government. </td> <td>RP-11-003</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/IU-Research-Policies/Research with Human Subjects.shtml">Research with Human Subjects</a> Provides guidelines that meet and adhere to the highest ethical standards and all applicable laws and policies related to research with human subjects. </td> <td>RP-11-004</td> <td>Vice President for Research</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/IU-Research-Policies/Sponsored_Research_Programs_Internal_Submission_Deadlines.shtml">Sponsored Research Programs: Internal Submission Deadlines</a> Establishes guidelines for proposal submission to the Office of Research Administration. </td> <td>RP-11-005</td> <td>Office of Research Administration, Office of the Vice President for Research</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h4>Sponsored Programs Administration</h4> <table class="policies"> <thead> <tr> <th class="policies-title" scope="col">Title</th> <th class="policies-number" scope="col">Number</th> <th class="policies-office" scope="col">Responsible Office</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Change_in_Effort_or_Status_of_Principal_Investigator_or_Other_Key_Personnel.shtml">Change in Effort or Status of Principal Investigator or Other Key Personnel</a> Provides guidelines for timely and accurate payroll confirmation of IU faculty, staff, and students paid all or in part on sponsored program accounts. </td> <td>SPA-11-001</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Cost_Sharing_on_Sponsored_Programs.shtml">Cost Sharing on Sponsored Programs</a> Provides guidelines and the process for proposing, contributing, and reporting cost share on externally funded sponsored projects. </td> <td>SPA-11-002</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Cost_Transfers_on_Cost_Reimbursable_Grants_and_Contracts.shtml">Cost Transfers on Cost Reimbursable Grants and Contracts</a> Provides guidelines in the fiscal management of cost-reimbursable grants and contracts conducted at IU. </td> <td>SPA-11-003</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Effort_Certification_under_OMB_ A21.shtml">Effort Certification under OMB-A21</a> Provides guidelines for effort certifications for IU faculty, staff, and students paid all or in part on sponsored program accounts. </td> <td>SPA-11-004</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Effort_Recertification_under_OMB_ A21.shtml">Effort Recertification under OMB-A21</a> Provides guidelines for effort recertifications for IU faculty, staff, and students paid all or in part on sponsored program accounts. </td> <td>SPA-11-005</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Eligibility_Principal_Investigator_or_Project_Director.shtml">Eligibility: Principal Investigator or Project Director</a> Establishes guidelines for notification of change in effort or status of a principal investigator or other key personnel of a sponsored program. </td> <td>SPA-11-006</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Facilities_and_Administrative_Cost_Policies.shtml">Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost Policies</a> Provides direction for recovery of all program costs of grants and contracts by requiring that FA Costs are included in the proposed budgets. </td> <td>SPA-11-007</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/National_Institutes_of_Health_Salary_Limitation.shtml">National Institutes of Health (NIH) Salary Limitation</a> Establishes guidelines for adhering to the NIH salary limitation and ensuring that cost share is correctly recorded on sponsored research accounts. </td> <td>SPA-11-008</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Overdrafts_Bad_Debts_and_Audit_Disallowances_on_Sponsored_Programs.shtml">Overdrafts, Bad Debts and Audit Disallowances on Sponsored Programs</a> Provides guidelines on the resolution of cost overdrafts and audit disallowances. </td> <td>SPA-11-009</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Payments_and_Fee_Remissions_to_Graduate_Students_on_Sponsored_Programs.shtml">Payments and Fee Remissions to Graduate Students on Sponsored Programs</a> Provides guidelines for payments and fee remissions to graduate sutdents from sponsored program accounts. </td> <td>SPA-11-010</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Program_Income_on_Sponsored_Programs.shtml">Program Income on Sponsored Programs</a> Provides guidelines for the identification, documentation, expending and reporting of program income on sponsored programs. </td> <td>SPA-11-011</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Residual_Income_on_Fixed_Price_Sponsored_Programs.shtml">Residual Income on Fixed Price Sponsored Programs</a> Establishes guidelines for the transfer of residual income on fixed price awards from a sponsored account. </td> <td>SPA-11-012</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Routing_of__Sponsored_Programs_Documents_at_Indiana_University.shtml">Routing of Sponsored Programs Documents at Indiana University</a> Establishes guidelines for the proper routing of documents for sponsored projects. </td> <td>SPA-11-018</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Signatory_Authority_and_Legal_Name_for_Sponsored_Programs_at_Indiana_University.shtml">Signatory Authority and Legal Name for Sponsored Programs at Indiana University</a> Provides a process for proper authorization of sponsored program documents and to prevent unauthorized commitments of institutional resources. </td> <td>SPA-11-013</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Sponsored_Programs_and_Gifts_Definitions_and_Administration.shtml">Sponsored Programs (Grant and Contracts) and Gifts: Definitions and Administration</a> Provides guidelines for fiscal management of sponsored programs and to meet federal, state, and regulatory requirements for the stewardship of funds. </td> <td>SPA-11-014</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Summer_Salary_from_Sponsored_Program_Accounts.shtml">Summer Salary from Sponsored Program Accounts</a> Provides guidelines for the allowable summer salary rates on sponsored programs. </td> <td>SPA-11-015</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Supplemental_Pay.shtml">Supplemental Pay</a> Establishes guidelines for the charging of supplemental pay to sponsored research accounts. </td> <td>SPA-11-016</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a class="tooltip" href="/policies/categories/research/Sponsored-Programs-Administration/Underwriting_Grants_and_Contracts.shtml">Underwriting Grants and Contracts</a> Provides a process to establish an account prior to the formal receipt and acceptance of an award, executed contract, or award extension. </td> <td>SPA-11-017</td> <td>Office of Research Administration</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>