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Policies, Compliance & Federal Regulations

Yale Research Policies

• Academic Fraud, Yale University Policy on
• Animals in Research & Teaching, Use of
• Conflict of Interest / Conflict of Commitment
• Copyright Policy
• Cost Sharing on Sponsored Projects
• Export Controls, Guidelines on
• Faculty Handbook, Yale University
• HIPAA    Protecting and Securing Health Information
• Human Subjects Research, NIH Office of
• Human Subjects in Research, Central Campus Use of
• Human Subjects in Research, YSM Use of
• Human Subjects Training Requirements   click on Human Subjects Research
• Indirect Costs at Yale, An Examination of
• Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)
• Minors Policy, Governing the Presence in Laboratories
  new policies, information and forms as of 4/9/09
• Overhead Waiver or Indirect Cost Exemption Form
• Patent Policy
• PI Exemption ~ Review of Proposals from Individuals Who Require Special Approval to Serve as PI
• Responsible Research at Yale School of Medicine, Guidelines for
• Safety Policies & Procedures, Office of Environmental Health & Safety
• Sponsored Projects Handbook   NEW  4/1/2008
• Transfer an NIH Grant, How to

Standard Federal Agency Policies

• NASA Grant & Cooperative Agreement Handbook
• NIH Policy on the Inclusion of Children as Participants in Research
• NIH Public Access Policy
  INFO FOR YALE INVESTIGATORS
• NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 09-1) effective for proposals received on or after January 5, 2009. Significant changes for this revision include:
  • Entirely new guidance that addresses and implements the mentoring requirement of the America COMPETES Act;
  • A major revision of NSF’s faculty salary reimbursement policy, to limit compensation for senior personnel to no more than two months of their regular salary in any one year from all NSF-funded grants;
  • Debut of the Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) mechanisms, that replace the SGER program; and
  • Revision of the definition of co-PI for greater consistency with guidance issued by OSTP.
• NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (NSF 08-1) effective for proposals submitted on or after January 1, 2008. Replaces the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) and the Grant Policy Manual (GPM)
• NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide(NSF 07-140) Effective for proposals submitted on or after June 1, 2007. Replaces the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) and the Grant Policy Manual (GPM).
• NSF Grant Policy Manual (NSF 05-131)
  Effective for grants submitted through May 31, 2007
• NSF Grant Proposal Guide (NSF 04-23)
  Effective for grants submitted through May 31, 2007
• NSF Grant & Agreement Conditions

Office of Management & Budget Circulars

• Overview of OMB Circulars
• Circular A-21 (Cost Principles for Educational Institutions) Revised 5/10/04
• Circular A-87 (Cost Principles for State, Local, & Indian Tribal Governments) Revised 5/10/04
• Circular A-102
  (Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local Governments) Amended 8/29/97
• Circular A-110
  (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations) Amended 9/30/99
• Circular A-133
  (Audits of States, Locan Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations) Revised 6/27/03
  plus: Compliance Supplement Revised March 2008

Federal Regulations

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance PDFs last updated April 2008
• Code, U.S. Completely Searchable
• Code (via Cornell), U.S. Searchable by Title/Section
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Defense FAR Supplements    Last update 8/12/08
• DOE FAR (DEAR) Supplements Updated 5/29/07
• (FAR), Federal Acquisition Regulation
• FAR, DFAR and NASA FAR Clauses, Guidance on (from University of California)
• FAR Supplement, NASA    Last modified through 6/19/08