Research Policies and Guidelines

Upstate Medical University has established a number of new policies and guidelines to guide faculty and staff in the responsible conduct of research and commercialization of intellectual property.

All policies are in Adobe Acrobat format unless otherwise noted.

• Research Misconduct Policy
  This policy defines research misconduct and describes the procedures to be taken when an allegation of possible misconduct in research is received by the Research Integrity Officer or another institution official. This policy applies to all individuals at Upstate Medical University, including faculty, staff, students, fellows, and volunteers, as well as those affiliated with Upstate, who engage in research. Because most of Upstate's sponsored research is received from Public Health Service (PHS) agencies, the Upstate Research Misconduct Policy incorporates the Office of Research Integrity Research (ORI) Misconduct Policy, 42 CFR 93 into its broader definition of research misconduct.
• Authorship and Manuscript Submission Guidelines
  All Upstate faculty, staff, fellows, and students are encouraged to follow the guidelines established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Authorship and manuscript submission topics are also addressed by Upstate’s Research Misconduct and Relations with the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Biotechnology Industries Policies listed above.
• Policy on the Identification and Management of Conflicts of Interest and Commitment
  This policy defines how conflicts of interest and commitment by Upstate faculty, staff and students are identified and managed in order to promote objectivity in the conduct of research, education and patient care. The policy provides a definition and context for conflict of commitment and guidelines for managing external efforts when conflicts of commitment are identified.
• Upstate Medical University Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form
• Upstate Investigator Financial Conflicts of Interest
• PHS Regulations Promoting Objectivity in Research (42 CFR Part 50 Subpart F and 45 CFR Part 94)
• Research Conflict of Interest Committee
• Data Retention and Ownership Policy
  This policy defines the terms of retention and ownership of research data created at Upstate Medical University by faculty, staff, students, post-doctoral fellows and visiting scientists utilizing Upstate facilities in the course of their scholarly activities and research.
• Formation of New Companies Based on Upstate Intellectual Property
  These guidelines establish a framework to promote the commercialization of intellectual property (IP) discovered at Upstate and the formation of new companies to commercialize this IP.
• Policy and Form on Financial Conflict of Interest
  This policy requires that Upstate faculty engaged in sponsored research annually disclose any financial interests or obligations if they play a significant decision-making role in that research or have signature authority for a Research Foundation.
  

NIH Financial Conflict of Interest

NIH is committed to preserving the public's trust that the research supported by NIH is conducted without bias and with the highest scientific and ethical standards, and will be strengthening its existing regulations on managing financial conflicts of interest. Visit their website for more information on financial conflict of interest.