Penn State Policies

Penn State has a number of policies relevant to clinical research. Research protections policies include:

• RP03 The Use of Human Participants in Research
• RP05 Research Quality in Human Participant Research
• RP07 HIPAA and Research at Penn State University
• RP11 Use of Regulated and Biohazardous Materials in Research and Instruction 

Important research administration policies include:

• RA03 Eligibility to Serve as Principal Investigator (PI)
• RA04 Gifts, Grants and Contracts (The Funding Matrix)
• RA20 Proposal Submission
• RA21 Development of Proposal Budget
• RA80 Subawards and Subcontracts
• RA90 Finalization and Closure

To browse all Universities policies, including others that might be relevant to a particular clinical research project, please visit the Penn State Policies website.