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How To Disclose an Invention Categories: Award Management Regulatory Compliance Updated: 02.19.2026 Created: 11.28.2020 Jump to: On this page Stanford faculty, staff and students can  submit an Invention Disclosure through the  Researcher Portal  on the Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) website. The disclosure should fully describe the new aspects of the invention, including the critical solution it provides and its advantages and benefits over current technologies. To preserve patent rights, inventors should disclose inventions before publications (e.g., conference abstracts, manuscripts, …

How To Submit an Invention, Find My Invention Disclosures, Patents, or My Royalty Information Categories: Award Management Regulatory Compliance Updated: 02.19.2026 Created: 11.28.2020 Jump to: On this page The Office of Technology Licensing  Researcher Portal  serves as a gateway to: the online disclosure form for submitting new inventions detailed patent, marketing, and royalty distribution history on your inventions Disclose an Invention Policies Chapter 9 Intellectual Property Resources How To Disclose an Invention External Links OTL Researcher …

How To Provide Funds to an International Visiting Scholar at the Beginning of Their Trip to Stanford Categories: Award Management Financial Concepts Proposals Regulatory Compliance Updated: 07.28.2025 Created: 11.28.2020 Jump to: On this page To pay your visiting scholar an honorarium and/or subsistence funds on arrival or near the beginning of their stay on campus, they need to be added to the Oracle system in advance of their arrival on campus. The departmental administrator can initiate this process in Oracle Financials to get the visiting scholar into the system to verify their identity. …

How To Are There Guidelines for Faculty and Staff Engaged in Lobbying? Updated: 05.22.2025 Created: 04.03.2021 Jump to: On this page Yes, Stanford University, as a tax-exempt organization, is permitted to lobby the federal government and engages in lobbying activity on a limited number of issues, mostly those affecting education, research and related activities.    Lobbying activities of universities and other charitable organizations are regulated by overlapping federal government rules.  For example, the Internal Revenue Service requires that the University file annual reports documenting …

How To Prepare the Other Support Documentation to Submit to NIH Categories: Award Management Proposals Updated: 05.22.2025 Created: 11.28.2020 Jump to: On this page The most up to date NIH Other Support Information, Guidance, and Resources can be found on the RMG website HERE   Resources Glossary Just In Time (JIT) Responsible Offices & People People Kathie A. Kern Director of Research Administration and Compliance kakern@stanford.edu Kim Marieke Baeten Director of Research Development kbaeten@stanford.edu Related Topics Proposal Components COI: Conflicts of Interest Overview COI: Conflicts …

How To Prepare and Submit the Current and Pending Support Information to NSF Categories: Proposals Updated: 05.22.2025 Created: 03.26.2021 Jump to: On this page The most up to date NSF Current and Pending Support Information, Guidance, and Resources can be found on the ORA website HERE Resources External Links NSF Current and Pending FAQs, February 2021 NSF Approved Formats for Current and Pending Support Announcements Document NSF Update 2019- 01232019.pdf Responsible Offices & People People Kathie A. Kern Director of Research Administration and Compliance kakern@stanford.edu Related Topics …

How To Get a PI Waiver Categories: Proposals Regulatory Compliance Updated: 07.24.2025 Created: 11.28.2020 Jump to: On this page Eligibility to act as a principal investigator (PI) or co-principal investigator (Co-PI) on externally funded projects is a privilege limited to members of the Academic Council and to the University Medical Line (UML) faculty. This policy limitation is in place because PIs are responsible for determining the intellectual direction of the research and scholarship, and for the training of graduate students. The designation of "PI" or "Co-PI" for any member of the …

How To Access and Complete PI Training Categories: Proposals Regulatory Compliance Updated: 05.22.2025 Created: 11.28.2020 Jump to: On this page Stanford requires each of its PIs including those with University Research  to complete a brief review of topics regarding the PIs responsibility for protecting individuals and the University, and for compliance with laws and regulations that touch on all aspects of the research enterprise. The University will not release project funding for a PI who has NOT satisfied this requirement. Go to PI Training Policies Chapter 2 Principal Investigatorship …

How To Request an Indirect (F&A) Cost Waiver on a Proposal Categories: Proposals Regulatory Compliance Updated: 02.04.2026 Created: 11.28.2020 Jump to: On this page The Dean of Research will consider requests for F&A cost waivers in very limited circumstances. The PI’s Research Administrator and the PI should initiate the request, and it must be approved by the PI and the PI’s school dean's office before being sent for approval to the Dean of Research.  The request can be submitted from the SeRA Proposal Development Routing Form (PDRF) Budget Questions page. View the ORA website's SeRA …

How To Get IRB/IACUC/Biosafety Protocols Approved Categories: Award Management Proposals Regulatory Compliance Updated: 08.25.2025 Created: 11.28.2020 Jump to: On this page Protocols are submitted and reviewed online using eProtocol . Remember that your protocol should be clearly written and easily understandable. Panel members represent a variety of disciplines, which means that some reviewers will not be as familiar with your field as you are.  Policies Chapter 6 Laboratory Animals in Research Resources Glossary Human Subject Animal Subject Training Required Tutorial on Human Subject …