Recent Policy Updates

View updates to the Stanford Research Policy Handbook.

What’s New

  • March 18, 2024

    Link to Chapter 5.5

    Use of Employees or Laboratory Personnel as Research Subjects

    Removed dates from 1980s and just reference panel review; Slight wording changes
  • March 18, 2024

    Link to Chapter 18.4

    Confidentiality of Administrative Panel Proceedings

    Added reference to “confidentiality” and to participant “data”. Changed RPH “guideline” to “policy”. Slight wording changes. Added RCO link.
  • March 18, 2024

    Link to Chapter 5.4

    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 HSR
  • March 18, 2024

    Link to Chapter 5.1

    Human 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 policy
  • March 18, 2024

    Link to Chapter 7.4

    University Laboratory Animal Occupational Health Program

    Updated description of Occ Health program and center and risk categories (EH&S helped with revisions); Removed irrelevant HSR link
  • March 18, 2024

    Link to Chapter 5.6

    Guidelines for Studies Involving Human Volunteers Receiving Potentially Addicting Drugs

    Slight wording changes (e.g., participant, change RPH “guideline” to “policy”, etc.)
  • March 18, 2024

    Link to Chapter 5.8

    Human Stem Cell Research

    Added Stem cell-derived embryo models took out mesenchymal; Added/updated links
  • March 18, 2024

    Link to Chapter 5.7

    Training in the Protection of Human Subjects in Research

    Update course name, Update links, Slight wording changes
  • March 18, 2024

    Link to Chapter 5.3

    People of Childbearing Potential as Subjects in Research

    One of most substantial changes: changed “women” to “people of childbearing potential” as update to standard language in field and our current consents (except when quoting external text), including title
  • February 22, 2024

    Link to Chapter 15.1

    Facilities and Administrative (Indirect Cost) and Fringe Benefits Rates

    Adjusted the language of 2. Application of On- and Off-Campus Facilities & Administrative Rates > A. Definition of "Off Campus".