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International Travel and Export Controls

Planning to travel outside of the U.S. for research or collaborations? You'll want to be aware that there are certain export control federal regulations in place if you plan to take items, such as...

Posted: June 17, 2014, 4:42 PM

Interested in serving as a member of the IRB?

The Institutional Review Board (IRB), the formally designated UMBC committee to approve, monitor, and review research involving humans, is actively seeking faculty to serve on the IRB as members. ...

Posted: April 7, 2014, 1:15 PM

Research administration education opportunities

Interested in an opportunity to take part in sessions and workshops that will expand your knowledge on research administration?  The Society of Research Administrators International (SRA) is...

Posted: March 12, 2014, 2:25 PM

New staff in ORPC

I am pleased to announce a new member of our compliance group in the Office for Research Protections and Compliance.  Sara Parton joined OPRC on Feb 3 as a compliance specialist. Sara comes...

Posted: February 5, 2014, 10:22 AM

Additional training resource for export control

ORPC has added another resource to the export control training page. Please visit http://www.umbc.edu/research/ORPC/export_training.html#PNNL to view a series of short videos that describe the...

Posted: November 13, 2013, 3:28 PM

Can faculty be a PI on research funded by their own company?

NCURA Youtube Tuesday

Take a look at this video for a discussion on potential conflicts of interest. A recent National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) YouTube Tuesday video, “Can a Faculty...

Posted: November 4, 2013, 10:06 AM

RCR Case Studies from ORI

Stories about Researchers Worth Discussing

James DuBois from the Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics at St. Louis University and the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) have created an RCR "casebook" that includes twenty-four case...

Posted: October 25, 2013, 1:15 PM

Save the Date!

Looking to increase your research administration knowledge?

The Midwest and Northeast Sections are hosting the 2014 Midwest/Northeast Section Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Marriott City Center from April 27-30, 2014. Click on this link for...

Posted: September 20, 2013, 1:56 PM

Animal research application forms updated

The UMBC IACUC application forms to use animals in teaching and research have been updated to incorporate the Attending Veterinarian's recommendations from the revised American Veterinary Medical...

Posted: September 10, 2013, 10:20 AM

Upgrades to CITI website now complete

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) system has undergone a major system upgrade and is now live. CITI reports there may be some residual issues as a result of the upgrade....

Posted: August 28, 2013, 9:35 AM