UH Policies and Procedures
These policies and procedures apply to all faculty, researchers, and staff members, including, without limitation, undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, postdoctoral research associates, visiting faculty or staff, faculty or staff on sabbatical leave, and adjunct faculty when performing University work, and faculty or staff on leave without pay. This also includes persons, who at the time of the alleged research misconduct, were employed by, were agents of, or were affiliated by contact or agreement with the University.
Federal Policies and Regulations
Each federal awarding agency or department has its own policies for preventing and handling research misconduct to which universities that receive funding from that federal source must comply. Become familiar with the research misconduct policies of a funding source before you apply.
- Health & Human Services (HHS) 42 CFR Parts 50 & 93 (PDF)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) 45 CFR Part 689 (PDF)
- U.S. Office of Research Integrity Policies
- Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Policies at Other Federal Agencies (Partial List)
- Department of Agriculture, DR 1074-001
- Department of Defense, DOD Instruction 3210.7
- Department of Energy, 2 CFR 910.132
- Department of Labor, 68 FR 53862
- Department of Transportation, DOT Order 1100.75
- Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Order 3120.5
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 14 CFR 1275
- National Endowment for the Humanities, NEH Research Misconduct Policy
- National Science Foundation, 45 CFR 689
- Public Health Service, 42 CFR 93
- Smithsonian Institute, Smithsonian Directive 604
- Veteran’s Administration, VHA Handbook 1058.2