Recent Policy Updates

View updates to the Stanford Research Policy Handbook.

What’s New

  • January 13, 2016

    Link to Chapter 5.2

    Federal-wide Assurance for Protection of Human Subjects

    Update LSPCH FWA.

  • January 1, 2016

    Link to Chapter 10.1

    Policy and Procedures for Appointment and Promotion: Academic Staff - Research

    Research Associate updated to Research Scientist, Engineer and Scholar in 2016.

  • December 10, 2015

    Link to Chapter 15.2

    Indirect (F&A) Cost Waivers

    Added change in procedure: Outside of the School of Medicine, indirect (F&A) cost waiver requests can be launched from the budget page of the PDRF (Proposal and Development Routing Form) in SeRA.

  • Postdoctoral Scholars

    Attachment D. 3.A. Sick Leave to include 24 hours of paid sick time annually.

  • Cost Transfer Policy for Sponsored Projects

    added to Section 4B that the allocation methodology is used if transferring expenses to multiple PTAs.

  • Postdoctoral Scholars

    Update Benefits information deleting Blue Shield EPO. This plan was replaced with Stanford Healthcare Alliance (SHCA).

  • Subrecipient Monitoring

    Added "Effective September 1, 2015, subaward invoices require the following statement to accompany the PI’s signature: “In signing below I approve payment of this invoice and attest that the charges appear reasonable, and progress to date on this project is satisfactory and in keeping with the statement of work.”

  • March 27, 2015

    Link to Chapter 16.2

    Proposing a Subaward

    Updated to incorporate Uniform Guidance changes.

  • March 27, 2015

    Link to Chapter 16.4

    Subrecipient Monitoring

    Updated to incorporate Uniform Guidance changes.

  • March 27, 2015

    Link to Chapter 16.3

    Issuance of a Subaward

    Updated to incorporate Uniform Guidance changes.