Research Compliance Policies, Guidance & Contacts

Our goal at the University of Kentucky is to conduct research with integrity and responsibility. We are committed to compliance in all areas, and we hope you find the links below helpful for issues related to all aspects of research.

• Animal Care and Use
• Animals - Division of Laboratory Animal Resources
• Authorship and Publication
• Biosafety
• Clinical Trials
• Clinical trials, process for non-Indemnified trials
• Clinical Trials: Registering on clinicaltrials.gov
• Conflict of Interest, Financial
• Consulting and Overload Activities (pdf, 7 pgs)
• Costing Guidelines for Sponsored Projects (pdf, 17 pgs)
• Cost Sharing Guidelines
• Cost Transfer Policy (pdf, 4 pgs)
• Data Retention and Ownership
• Data and Safety Monitoring
• Effort Reporting (see section 13)
• Export Controls (under construction)
• Genome, Genetics (pdf, 15 pgs)
• Environmental Health, and Safety - General
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Human Research
• Human Research - Veterans Affairs
• Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (pdf, 11 pgs)
• Laboratory Safety
• Laser Safety
• Licensing and Royalty Sharing
• Mentor - Mentee Guidance
• Radiation Safety
• Radioactive Drugs in Research
• Required Research Education
• Research Integrity
• Research Misconduct
• Stem Cell Research (pdf, 4 pgs)

Regulatory Committees

• Chemical Safety Committee
• Committee on Safety & Environmental Health Committee
• Institutional Animal Care & Use
• Institutional Biosafety Committee
• Intellectual Property Committee
• Institutional Review Board
• Radiation Safety Committee (pdf, 1 pg)
• Radioactive Drug Research Committee
• Veterans Administration Research and Development