News

Kuali COI Module Implementation

Dear Faculty,     As part of UMBC’s transitioning from the research management format in PeopleSoft to the cloud-based Kuali system, the Office of the Vice President for Research is ready to...

Posted: July 2, 2018, 4:44 PM

Revisions to the Common Rule - updates from the IRB

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule today to delay the general compliance effective date to update the federal regulations that protect the rights and welfare...

Posted: June 18, 2018, 11:46 AM

COI IS READY TO USE in Kuali

UMBC implemented the KualiResearch Conflict of Interest (COI) module to document the disclosure processes for Public Health Service (PHS) and Non-PHS submitted proposals that are governed by the...

Posted: January 12, 2018, 6:24 PM

Revisions to the Common Rule (Update)

The Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on January 17, 2018 an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that delays by six months the effective date and general compliance date of the revisions...

Posted: January 5, 2018, 1:31 PM

IRB Common Rule Changes

Attached is an announcement regarding the upcoming revisions the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (the Common Rule).  The Common Rule is the federal policy regarding the...

Posted: June 27, 2017, 3:57 PM

CITI's web pages are changing!

The new look will appear in March 2017

CITI is redesigning their site to provide new navigation features to access learning modules and courses.  Take a look at the below CITI support website to view the planned navigation changes....

Posted: February 16, 2017, 3:16 PM

Foreign nationals who participate in DOE research

Investigators planning or currently performing Department of Energy (DOE) work, please read the below: The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an amendment to the DOE Order 142.3a, which...

Posted: February 3, 2017, 4:14 PM

UMBC is now using Single Sign On (SSO) to access CITI

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) houses many of the research compliance training modules investigators use prior to initiating a research study. UMBC has teamed up with...

Posted: January 25, 2017, 12:09 PM

Biosafety Stewardship

October is “National Biosafety Stewardship Month”

National Biosafety Stewardship Month is a period during which institutions, such as UMBC, are encouraged to focus  efforts on promoting awareness of investigator responsibilities and sustaining a...

Posted: September 30, 2016, 11:39 AM

Animal Use Applications

Writing the Vertebrate Animal Section

Federal policy requires that if you are going to use live vertebrate animals in NIH funded research, you must adhere to the requirements in the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory...

Posted: May 4, 2016, 2:51 PM