{"id":8972,"date":"2025-09-25T17:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/?p=8972"},"modified":"2025-09-25T17:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:34:47","slug":"approved-research-policy-updates-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/2025\/09\/25\/approved-research-policy-updates-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Approved Research Policy Updates (September 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Author: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, RCRA<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Effort Reporting <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Effort reporting at Emory ensures that salary charges to federally sponsored projects accurately reflect actual work performed. Certification is required semi-annually via the\u00a0Effort Reporting System (ERS). Reports must be pre-reviewed by a department representative and certified by someone with direct knowledge of the work.<\/p>\n<p>Escalation Process:<br \/>\nIf effort reports are not certified on time, the escalation process involves:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Departmental follow-up\u00a0with the certifier.<\/li>\n<li>Notification to the PI and department leadership.<\/li>\n<li>Potential audit risk and financial penalties\u00a0for continued non-compliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Policy 7.29 \u2013 Billing Coverage for Uninsured or Injured Research Subjects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emory\u2019s Policy 7.29 ensures that\u00a0uninsured research participants who are injured during study participation\u00a0receive appropriate medical care without financial burden. The policy outlines procedures for billing coverage and reinforces Emory\u2019s commitment to ethical research practices<\/p>\n<p><strong>Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (Policy 7.81)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This policy governs research involving\u00a0Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs)\u00a0and\u00a0Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs).<\/p>\n<p>Key points include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research must comply with\u00a0NIH guidelines\u00a0and any additional requirements from the cell source or sponsor.<\/li>\n<li>Oversight is provided by the\u00a0Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight (ESCRO) Committee, which reviews projects when required by sponsors or upon investigator request.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Projects involving human subjects must also be reviewed by the\u00a0IRB, and other relevant committees (e.g., IACUC, Radiation Safety)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, RCRA Effort Reporting Effort reporting at Emory ensures that salary charges to federally sponsored projects accurately reflect actual work performed. Certification is required semi-annually via the\u00a0Effort Reporting System (ERS). Reports must be pre-reviewed by a department representative and certified by someone with direct knowledge of the work. Escalation Process: If effort [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4279,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,920],"tags":[1284,159,1285,69,1286],"class_list":["post-8972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ora-announcements","category-rcra","tag-billing-coverage","tag-effort-reporting","tag-embryonic-stem-cell-research","tag-policies","tag-research-subjects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8973,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8972\/revisions\/8973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/ranews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}