UCR Resources:

• Best practices for doing research with participants remotely
• COVID-19 Guidance for Human Subjects Researchers
• IRB Policies & Procedures
  • 2019 Addendum for the Revised Common Rule
• Attending Zoom Meetings
• 'How to IRB' tutorial (optimized for Chrome)
• Minimal Risk Tip Sheet
• Exempt Review Categories
• Expedited Review Categories
• Reliance Agreements
• Policy - Use of Subject Pools in Human Subjects Research
• Guideline - Field Experiments and Elections
• Incidental Findings Guide
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Instructions
• HIPAA & Human Subjects Research
• WIRB & Clinical Trials
• Guidance - Significant Risk (SR) & Non-significant Risk (NSR) devices
• Experimental Subject's Bill of Rights
  • Spanish version
• Reasons for IRB application delays
• Statement of Privacy Practices: GDPR - Research
• NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy and the Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
• Informed Consent Guide

UCR Templates:

• IRB-SB Informed Consent Template
• IRB-Clin Informed Consent Template
• Exempt Informed Consent Template
• Notice and Informed Consent Language for EEA Template
• Access Letter Template
• COVID-19 and HSR - Information Sheet for Participants

Events:

• IRB Workshops & Outreach

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
• International Compilation of Human Research Standards

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)

For Reference Only

• Exempt Review Categories - for pre-2019 Applications

• UCR IACUC Policies and Guidance 
• 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:
  • PHS - Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
  • 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 (PRIM&R)
• Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals

UCR Resources:

• SARS-CoV-2 Research Materials Policies & Guidelines
• SARS-CoV-2 Research Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines
• Guidance for PIs for BSL-3 SARS-CoV-2 Research Projects
• BUA Application Tutorial
• IBC Charter – Committee Roles and Responsibilities
• IBC Reporting and Duties
• LMS Training Instructions - IBC Members
• LMS Training Instructions - Investigators
• Research Approval and Training Requirements
• Environmental Health & Safety - Training
• ORI 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) 6th
• California Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Bloodborne Pathogen Standard California Code of Regulation, Title 8 §5193
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - 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
• RAC Review Procedures Revised Under the NIH Guidelines

Committee Member Resources:

• IBC files for Committee Members (requires login)

Conflict of Commitment:

Researchers may 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 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, gifts, and clinical study protocols. At UCR, the PRO Committee reviews each financial disclosure and reaches a determination of strategies through elimination, reduction or management of the interests.

• UCR School of Medicine Compliance Advisory Services

UCOP:

• Conflict of Interest Code
• Ethics, Compliance and Audit services
• Policy regarding PHS Aug 24, 2012 rule
• 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
• Compendium of Conflict Of Interest And Integrity Policies - Guidance (formerly Business and Finance Bulletin G-39)

State:

• 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
• NIH - Financial Conflict of Interest
• NIH - Frequently Asked Questions
• NSF - 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)

UCR:

• Stem Cell Core Facility

Government:

• California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
• NIH - Stem Cell Information
• Stem Cells at the National Academies (includes NAS guidelines for stem cell research)

Other Sources of Information:

• International Society for Stem Cell Research
• WiCell

• UCR - Research Misconduct Handout
• Lab Leadership and Management Best Practices Checklist
• Strategies for Professional Decison Making: The SMART Approach
• US Department of Health and Human Services - ORI Case Studies

• UCR - Research Ethics Education Program (REEP)
• NAS - On Being a Scientist - excellent introduction to the topic
• AAAS - The Academic Scientists' Toolkit
• 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 University - RCR Courses
• HHS - ORI
• Online Ethics Center