Policies and Procedures

Principal Investigators must comply with relevant federal requirements, award terms and conditions, and all applicable policies of Lewis & Clark. Prior to submission of a proposal, PIs must complete the Internal Policy Review Form. Please return the completed and signed form to the Sponsored Research Office.

Grant Proposal Clearance Form (pdf) Complete this form and route internally with your proposal narrative, proposal budget, and completed Internal Policy Review Form, prior to submitting your proposal to a funder.

Links to relevant policies are as follows.

Reimbursement Policy

Principal Investigator Eligibility Policy

Conflict of Interest Policy

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

Possible Misconduct in Research Policy

Intellectual Property Rights Policy

Financial Conflict of Interest Policy
Click here to download the FCOI Disclosure Statement.
For additional reference, in October 2008, the National Institutes of Health published FAQs about FCOIs: http://grants.nih. gov/grants/policy/ coifaq.htm

Time and Effort Reporting Policy

Research involving Human Subjects
Lewis & Clark College requires that all research conducted by staff, or students supervised by staff, that involves human subjects be reviewed and approved by the Human Subjects Research Committee (for federal purposes, Institutional Review Board) before any of the research is performed. Visit the HSRC website for more information or to download an Application for Approval to Use Human Subjects in Research. This form should be completed and submitted to irb@lclark.edu.

Research involving recombinant DNA (rDNA)
Lewis & Clark College's Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) must review and approve all research and activities that involve rDNA. Please click IBC for additional information.

To review the Lewis & Clark College Policy on Recombinant DNA Research visit:
http://www.lclark. edu/dept/hrpolicy/ researchdna.html

Research involving Animals
All activities conducted by Lewis & Clark investigators or at Lewis & Clark facilities involving the use of animals must be reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Use and Care Committee (IACUC) prior to the initiation of research. The IACUC is responsible for assisting investigators in fulfilling their obligation to plan and conduct animal experiments in accord with the highest scientific, humane, and ethical principles. Please click IACUC for more information.

Submissions to the National Institutes of Health - Principal Investigators submitting applications to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) must complete an additional form. Click here to download the Institutional Compliance Requirement Form (pdf).