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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: October 13, 2015, 3:27 PM

Human research regulations are being updated

Learn more of how these changes may impact your research

The current regulations, which were developed over two decades ago, are being updated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enhance oversight of research on human subjects and...

Posted: October 6, 2015, 9:35 AM

ORPC Research Education and Training Access

You Asked. We Listened!

In an effort to improve access to all of ORPC’s research related training, we have made changes to the registration information in our training pages that will make the process of signing up for...

Posted: October 1, 2015, 10:57 AM

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

The next IACUC meeting is scheduled for October 14, 2015.  Investigators who want to have an application reviewed at this meeting should send a complete copy of the IACUC paperwork to...

Posted: September 11, 2015, 3:16 PM

Human Subjects Research Protections

Proposal to Improve Rules Protecting Human Research Subjects

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued on September 2, 2015 as a draft of the final rule intended to modernize, strengthen, and...

Posted: September 11, 2015, 2:56 PM

Clarification for the post

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