Faculty & Staff

Annual Certification of Compliance

Conflict-of-interest certifications must be current for all officers and faculty on a project in order for the University to permit any proposal to be submitted to a funding agency or to include such person’s salary support on any funding proposal. See Annual Certification of Compliance for details.

Research Compliance

Funding applications must reflect Columbia University’s requirement that all personnel be in compliance with laws and policies regarding research with human subjects. See Compliance Filings for Research for further information on compliance filings for research.

Copyrights and Patents

Funding applications must comply with University stipulations

1. not to infringe the copyright and patent interests of others and
2. to preserve the University’s own copyright and patent interests.

Consultant agreements should specify that Columbia University owns the copyright in materials the consultant may produce. It is also wise to specify to employees and consultants how data collected for a University international project may or may not be used. For further information, see Columbia University’s Copyright Policy. If the international project may have CDC funding, see also CDC’s policies on data sharing.