All Policies, Guidance and Forms
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Activities Involving Human Subjects Research | Outlines the Institutional Review Board's responsibility for protecting the individuals who are subjects in UMass research activities and clarifies and defines the types of activity, both research and non-research, that involves human subjects. | |
Additional Compensation on Sponsored Projects |
Provides guidance on additional compensation charged to sponsored grants and contracts. Document Link |
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Administrative Costing Requirements for Proposals and Awards | Policy and guidance on charging administrative costs to federally-sponsored projects. | |
Administrative Stipends Changed to Federal Grants and Contracts | This addresses charging administrative stipends to federal grants and contracts in accordance with federal rules contained in OMB Uniform Guidance. | |
Adverse Events Reporting | Guidance for researchers for when reporting adverse events in research to the IRB, and in some cases, Federal agencies and sponsors is required by Federal regulations. | |
Advertising and Subject Recruitment | Describes the recruitment of research subjects as part of the informed consent process and the required recruitment plan that must be approved by the IRB. | |
AHA Guidance Document | Guidance from the American Heart Association. | |
Anesthesia/Surgery Record |
Use this form for animal surgical procedures. For Aquatics, use the form below this titled Anesthesia/Surgery Record - Aquatics.
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Anesthesia/Surgery Record - Aquatics |
Use this form for anesthesia and surgery records for aquatics (xenopus/fish). Download File |
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Animal Cage Card Form |
Standard form for animal cage ID and mating cage cards. Download File |
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Animal Ordering Procedure | Describes the animal ordering procedures researchers must follow. | |
Animal Protocol Transfer Form |
Form to be used to transfer animals from one protocol to another. Download File |
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Animal Welfare (OLAW) Assurance |
Provides institutional assurance that UMass Amherst will comply with the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Download File |
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Assent Form for Adults with Cognitive Impairments |
Assent form for adults with cognitive impairments. Please NOTE: this is NOT a consent form. This form is for people working with adults who have cognitive impairments such that they cannot sign a consent form themselves, and will need to get consent from that person's caretaker, parent, guardian, etc.
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Assent Form for Children aged 7-12 |
Use this form when children aged 7-12 are a subject research population, the regulations require the assent of the child or minor and the permission of the parent(s), in place of the consent of the subjects. Download File |
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Assent Form for Older Children/Young Adults Aged 13+ |
Use this form when minors aged 13+ are a subject population in the research project, the regulations require the assent of the child or minor and the permission of the parent(s), in place of the consent of the subjects. Please note that age of majority in MA is 18 but that this varies by state. Download File |
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Assent Guidance for Minors | Provides general guidelines for creating an assent form for research studies where children are involved. | |
Audio Recordings of Research Participants | Provides IRB guidance on the timeframes for the destruction of audio, video, or digital recordings which contain research participants' images, voices or other personally identifiable information. | |
Authority/Attending Veterinarian | Guidelines for the Attending Veterinarian (AV) or his/her designee(s) under the authority and/or direction of the AV. | |
AY Salary and Summer Ad Comp | Academic Year (AY) and summer additional compensation salary recovery from grants is outlined in the Provost's memo issued April 4, 2011. | |
AY Salary Recovery and Summer Ad Comp |
For a more thorough detail of the policy requirements, please refer to the Guidance Document. Download File |