Policies & Procedures

University Policies

Board of Trustees Research Policy (PDF)
Internal Deadline for Applications
Conflict of Interest
Policy for reimbursement for tuition and fees for full time Ph.D. students (PDF)
Extramural Award Close-Out Policy

Guidelines and Procedures

Conflict of Interest for Subawards and Consultants

Complying with the PHS Financial Conflict of Interest Regulations
Definition of Investigator
Decision Tree
Forms (On the MUSC intranet site. A username and password are required.)

Approval Requests

NIH Application with annual budget over $500,000
Pre-award Costs
No-Cost Extension

Letters of Intent

Intent to establish a subaward or consortium agreement
Good faith agreement for corporate clinical studies

Subawards

Outgoing - Issuing a Subaward
Incoming - Receiving Subawards

Close Out 

Examples of Sponsors' Final Close Out Report Processes

Federal Policies

Policy on Appendix Materials in Funding Applications (NIH, AHRQ, NIOSH)
NIH Policy: Good Clinical Practice Training Requirement for all clinical trial staff
NIH Guide: Objectivity in Research
Guidance on the NIH Public Access Policy
Guidance on Public Law 110-85 to Expand the Scope of ClinicalTrials.gov