Recent Policy Updates

Defines policies and procedures related to the appointment, roles, requirements and responsibilities of Postdoctoral Scholars at Stanford. This policy was revised and reorganized in 2012.

States Stanford’s commitment to provide research-related experiences for undergraduate students and describes how indirect costs are applied to the salaries of those students.

Modified to provide clarification and streamline the process.

The salary cap moved to a lower government pay level.

Provides clarification about health and safety procedures for campus based research funded through the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Establishes policy for ensuring the safe use and handling of biohazardous agents and recombinant DNA (r-DNA) at Stanford.

Describes responsibilities and procedures for laser safety at Stanford.

Summarizes key components of the Chemical Hygiene Plan for Laboratories, an element of Stanford's Chemical Hazard Communication Policy.

Summarizes policies related to radiological hazards.

Clarifies the registration status of graduate students who are visiting Stanford for the purpose of conducting research under the supervision of a Stanford faculty member. Such visitors will be appointed as nonmatriculated graduate students in the category of Visiting Student Researchers. Effective September 1, 2011, the process for appointing and billing these students is changed as described here.