Resources

This page contains links to information that may be useful to researchers and committee members. For forms and applications to be submitted to ORI committees, please visit the ORI Forms Page.

Table of Contents - Research Integrity Resources

• Instututional Review Boards (IRBs)
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Commitee (IACUC)
• Institutuional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
• Promoting Research Objectivity (PRO - formerly COIC)
• Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee (SCRO)
• Research Misconduct (RM) Allegations
• Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

 

Institutional Review Boards (IRB-SB, IRB-Clin)

UCR Resources:

• 'How to IRB' tutorial (optimized for Chrome)
• Reasons for IRB Application Delays
• UCR Informed Consent Guide
• Minimal Risk Tip Sheet
• Expedited Review Categories
• Exempt Review Categories
• Policy on the Use of Subject Pools in Human Subjects Research
  
• Guideline for Field Experiments and Elections
• Incidental Findings Guide
• UC IRB Reliance Registry for Studies under the UC MOU
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Instructions
• HIPAA & Human Subjects Research
• WIRB & Clinical Trials
• Guidance for Significant Risk (SR) & Non-significant Risk (NSR) devices
• Experimental Subject's Bill of Rights
  • Spanish version

UCR Templates:

• IRB-SB Informed Consent Template
• IRB-Clin Informed Consent Template
• Exempt Informed Consent Template
• Access Letter Template

Government Resources:

• 45 CFR 46 (Human Subjects)
• CFR 21 (Food and Drugs)
• The Belmont Report
• NIH Research Involving Human Subjects
• clinicaltrials.gov registry
• NIH Glossary of Human Subjects Terms

Committee Member Resources:

• IRB Member Reviewer Checklist
• IRB Member Placemat
• IRB-SB files for Committee Members (requires login)
• IRB-Clin files for Committee Members (requires login)

 

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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

• UCR IACUC Policies (policy page)
• UCR IACUC Guidance (guidance page)
• Things all animal users/handlers at UCR should know
• IACUC and AUP Information for UCR Faculty (animal use forms, related grant, housing and inspection information)
• Accreditation: 
  • Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)
• Federal Links:
  • Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), PHS
  • The Guide
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
  • Animal Welfare Act and Regulations
• Vertebrate Animal Care and Procedures:
  • American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
  • IACUC.org
  • Public Responsibility In Medicine and Research (PRIMR)
• Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals

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Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

UCR Resources:

• IBC Charter – Committee Role and Responsibilities
• IBC Reporting and Duties
• LMS Training Instructions - IBC Members
• LMS Training Instructions - Investigators
• Environmental Health & Safety
• Environmental Health & Safety - Training Needs Assessment
• Environmental Health & Safety - Training Classes
• Environmental Health & Safety - Biosafety
• Environmental Health & Safety - Biosafety Laboratory Checklist
• Environmental Health & Safety - Biosafety SOP Template
• UCR policies
• ORI Guidance

Government Resources:

• NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules (NIH Guidelines)
• CDC/NIH Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th
• California Occupational Safety and Health Administration Bloodborne Pathogen Standard California Code of Regulation, Title 8 §5193
• CDC’s Select Agent Program
• American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) Risk Group Database
• The World Health Organization (WHO)
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• NIH Grants Policy Statement
• NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP) - Human Gene Transfer*
• NIH FAQs for Exempt Research

Committee Member Resources:

• IBC files for Committee Members (requires login)

 

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Promoting Research Objectivity (PRO)

Conflict of Commitment:

Researchers may also have external professional commitments that, while important, are so extensive they conflict with their primary teaching, clinical (if relevant), and research obligations at their own institutions (typically referred to as a conflict of commitment). Contact the Office of Academic Personnel at academicpersonnel@ucr.edu for more information.

Policies:

UCR

UCR is required to follow the University of California, Office of the President (UCOP) policies, and is required to review all financial disclosures in connection with research grants, contracts, and gifts, and clinical study protocols. At UCR, the PRO Committee reviews each financial disclosure and reaches a determination of management strategies through elimination, reduction or management of the interests. Listed below are the applicable regulations and university policies that all research conducted at UCR must abide by.

• UCR School of Medicine Compliance
• Checlist for Financial Conflict of Interest - Human Subject Studies

UCOP

• UC Conflict of Interest Code
• UCOP Ethics, Compliance and Audit services
• UCOP policy regarding PHS Aug 24, 2012 rule
• UCOP List of non-governmental entities exempt from disclosure requirements and those that adopted the PHS rule
• UCOP and UCR Whistleblower Policies
• University of California Policy on Disclosure of Financial Interests and Management of Conflicts of Interest Related to NSF-Sponsored Projects
• APM 016-University Policy On Faculty Conduct And The Administration Of Discipline
• APM 025- General University Policy Regarding Academic Appointees
  Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Faculty Members
• APM 028- General University Policy Regarding Academic Appointees
  Disclosure of Financial Interest in Private Sponsors of Research
• APM 670-Salary Administration
• APM 671 - Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Health Sciences Compensation Plan Participants

State

• CA Fair Political Practices Commission
• Disclosures are not required for certain non-profit research sponsors that have been approved by the University of California and the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) for exemption. The exempt sponsors are found on the "List of Non-Governmental Entities Exempt From Disclosure Requirement.

Federal

• NIH 42 CFR Part 50 Subpart F
• National Institutes of Health Financial Conflict of Interest
• NIH FAQ
• NSF FAQINFIN - Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the DHHS Objectivity in Research Regulations and the NSF Investigator Financial Disclosure Policy
• NSF Conflict of Interest Policies (NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide)

Committee Member Resources:

• PRO Member Reviewer Checklist
• PRO Member Placemat
• PRO files for Committee Members (requires login)

 

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Stem Cell Research Oversight (SCRO)

UCR Links:

• UCR Stem Cell Core Facility

Government Links:

• California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
• National Institutes of Health Stem Cell Information
• Stem Cells at the National Academies (includes NAS guidelines for stem cell research)

Links to Other Sources of Information

• International Society for Stem Cell Research
• WiCell

 

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Research Misconduct (RM) Allegations

• UCR Research Misconduct Handout
• Lab Leadership and Management Best Practices Checklist
• Strategies for Professional Decison Making: The SMART Approach
• How to Blow the Whistle and Still Have a Career Afterwards

 

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Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

• UCR's Research Ethics Education Program (REEP)
  
• National Academy of Sciences: On Being a Scientist - excellent introduction to the topic
• NIH Office of Research Integrity
• Workshop on Ethics Education and Scientific and Engineering Research (2009)
• FASEB. Statement on Including Postdoctoral Mentoring Plans in Research Grant Applications: Individual Development Plan for Postdoctoral Fellows

RCR at other institutions:

• Columbia
• HHS ORI
• Online Ethics Center
  

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