Recent Policy Updates
View updates to the Stanford Research Policy Handbook.
Change to Policy to remove foreign government funded organizations from exclusion
The service agreement policy is being changed to reflect the changes in RPH 15.2. We are removing the foreign government and foreign government funded organizations from the exclusions list. The review process will mirror the 15.2 case-by-case process and should be rarely used.
Indirect (F&A) Cost Waivers
Add foreign government and foreign government funded organizations to be eligible for indirect cost waivers. School of Medicine can approve their own IDC waiver requests without VPDoR approvals.Guidelines for Studies Involving Human Volunteers Receiving Potentially Addicting Drugs
Slight wording changes (e.g., participant, change RPH “guideline” to “policy”, etc.)Federalwide Assurance for Protection of Human Subjects
Updated assurance statement to match what is current on our websiteUse of Employees or Laboratory Personnel as Research Subjects
Removed dates from 1980s and just reference panel review; Slight wording changesConfidentiality of Administrative Panel Proceedings
Added reference to “confidentiality” and to participant “data”. Changed RPH “guideline” to “policy”. Slight wording changes. Added RCO link.Use of Human Subjects in Student Projects, Pilot Studies, Oral Histories and QA/QI Projects
Added “could be limits to usage” of non research data becoming research data; Language updates; Removed aplac RPH links since this is HSRUniversity Laboratory Animal Occupational Health Program
Updated description of Occ Health program and center and risk categories (EH&S helped with revisions); Removed irrelevant HSR linkHuman Research Protection Program
Added reference to the Consortium for Applied Research Ethics Quality as informing our policy, VPDoR added “or designee” may modify policies as RCO Director may make minor changes to policyHuman Stem Cell Research
Added Stem cell-derived embryo models took out mesenchymal; Added/updated links