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Cost Sharing for Sponsored Agreements

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1.1
Cost sharing must be proposed, approved, administered, and accounted for in a consistent and prudent manner. This includes understanding workload and cost implications of the cost-sharing commitment; determining when cost sharing is necessary and appropriate; and accurately recording and reporting…

Research Integrity

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1.2
Members of the Cornell University community are expected to perform their scholarly and scientific activities with honesty, to meet the highest ethical standards, and to respect the appropriate standards of evidence and the contributions and scholarship of others. The university will vigorously…

Graduate Student Assistantships

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1.3
Cornell University supports consistent and similar educational experiences for graduate students on assistantships, across all graduate fields and colleges.

Care and Use of Live Vertebrate Animals in Research and Teaching

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1.4
Cornell University regards the use of animals in research, teaching, and testing to be an integral component of continued progress in science, education, and agriculture. The university expects all of its animal facilities and programs to maintain the highest standards of animal care and use, and…

Inventions and Related Property Rights

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1.5
Cornell University requires individuals, as conditions of their university appointments or their use of university resources, to assign to the university all right, title, and interest in their inventions and related property rights that result from activity conducted in the course of their…

Graduate and Professional Student Parental Accommodation

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1.6
Cornell University provides accommodation for childbirth, newborn care, adoption, foster care, and acute child health care to enrolled students who are in good academic standing.

Financial Conflict of Interest Related to Research

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1.7
Cornell University is committed to overseeing the conduct of research in a manner that ensures the integrity of the research process and maintains the public trust and that of sponsors in the integrity and credibility of its faculty, its staff, and its research programs. This commitment requires…