Faculty seeking support from outside the University for their research activities should be sure to inform potential sponsors that any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement accepted by the University must conform to the disclosure policy established by the Board of Trustees on May 10, 1972:Â "That it is the policy of the University of Massachusetts to undertake only those research projects in which the purpose, scope, methods, and results can be fully and freely disclosed".
Prior to the Board of Trustees’ action, the Faculty Senate at Amherst endorsed the following policy (Senate Document 71-0005):
"In the light of the educational aims of the University and its interests in the free and constructive uses of the information derived from its research, it is the policy of the University that:
Links
[1] http://www.umass.edu/research/topic/compliance
[2] http://www.umass.edu/research/topic/intellectual-property-data