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Export Control Update - Use of Cloud Services

The September 2, 2015 "Important" notice about the use of cloud services such as Box or Google may have led some to conclude both services are inherently and/or equally insecure under the...

Posted: September 5, 2015, 2:23 PM

Export Control Update - Use of Cloud Services

The ORPC and DoIT recommend that UMBC personnel not collaborate or communicate any potential export controlled, restricted, or sensitive information, data via cloud service products. Details...

Posted: September 2, 2015, 8:56 AM

Society of Research Administrators Annual Meeting

Interested in volunteering and presenting at the SRA annual meeting in Las Vegas, click on the below link. The Call for Proposals closes on September 18, 2015. Registration information is also...

Posted: August 25, 2015, 1:18 PM

OLAW and NSF Funded Research

OLAW now to oversee vertebrate animal research funded by NSF

The NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) announced this month that effective October 1, 2015, OLAW will extend its oversight of animal research and teaching activities funded by the...

Posted: August 24, 2015, 3:52 PM

RCR Training Reminder for Students and Trainees

Important for investigators to know if funded by NSF or NIH

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) have established training requirements in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) for programs supporting...

Posted: August 18, 2015, 4:25 PM

Updates to ORPC forms and documents

To continue our outreach and providing the most up to date templates for our investigators to use, please click on the ORPC Documents and Forms page to download the most current versions. These...

Posted: August 6, 2015, 12:05 PM

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

The next IBC meeting is scheduled for September 16, 2015.  Investigators who want to have an application reviewed at this meeting should send a complete copy of the IBC paperwork to...

Posted: July 30, 2015, 11:32 AM

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

What you need to know when using biohazardous materials

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) has been approved by the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities. The IBC is responsible for ensuring that all...

Posted: July 2, 2015, 11:10 AM

Export Control update - FBI travel guidance

The FBI recently released travel guidance for faculty and students planning to travel outside the U.S. or  to study abroad.  This guidance is aimed at protecting academic research and to ensure...

Posted: July 1, 2015, 8:58 PM