Skip to main content

Office of the Vice Provost for Research

Main navigation

Home (current)
About the VPR Team (current)
Staff Directory
Strategic Investments in Research
Announcements
- Federal Transition Updates 2025
Events
Find Funding (current)
Internal Funding Opportunities
External & Sponsored Funding Opportunities
- Limited Submissions
University Sabbatical Fellows Program
Proposal & Contract Submissions (current)
Proposal Development & Writing Support
- Individual Research Strategy & Proposal Narrative Consultation
- Proposal Library: Examples of Successfully Funded Proposals
Planning for Human & Animal Participants
Step-by-Step Requirements for Sponsored Research Submissions
LIRA System: Submit Sponsored Research Proposal
- LIRA Disclosure Process and Resources
- LIRA System FAQs
Submit Internally Funded Research Proposal: InfoReady System
Submit a Contract For Review, Negotiation, and Final Approval
Manage an Award or Project (current)

New Faculty Researcher Guide: After You Receive an Award

Budget and Spending Tips

Research Accounting

Effort

Payroll

Travel

Outgoing Subawards

Transfer an Award

Commercialize Your Invention or Technology
Close Out an Award or Project (current)
Explore Trainings & Education (current)
Research Handbook
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training

LIRA System Training & Education

IRBnet Training Materials

ORCID and SciENcv Instructions and Resources for Faculty
Policies, Guidance & Forms (current)

Federal Forms

Laboratory Shutdown Procedures

Rate Agreements

Audio and Video Conferencing in Human Subjects Research

Changes to NIH Policy for Issuing Certificates of Confidentiality (CoC)

Conducting Research Using Crowdsourcing Platforms: Best Practices

Ethical Issues in Research

International Data Protection Standards

Export Control Information for Faculty

FDA Regulations for Human Subjects Research

FERPA: Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act

Guidance: Conducting Research in Schools

Guidance: Data Security and Privacy

Guidance: Data and Safety Monitoring of Clinical Trials Research

Guidance: Deidentfied Data

Guidance: Electronic Informed Consent

Guidance: Financial Conflicts of Interest and Faculty Startups

Guidance: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Guidance: Iran Sanctions

Guidance: Readability and Comprehension Standards

IACUC: Approved Vendor List For Animal Purchases

IRB application & review processes for international research involving undergraduate students

Information for International Travelers

License Information

Maintenance Funds

Payments to Research Participants

Research Design Guidance

Single IRB (sIRB) Review for Multi-Site Cooperative Research

Student Investigators' Guide

Unaffiliated Investigators

Policy on the Protection of Human Subjects in Research

Policy: Additional Compensation for Faculty Supported on Research or Sponsored Programs

Policy: Application of Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Rates for Sponsored Activities

Policy: Children as Research Subjects

Policy: Composition and Membership of the Institutional Review Board

Policy: Cost Reallocations for Research or Sponsored Program Indexes

Policy: Developing, Revising, and Posting Research Administration Policies

Policy: Documentation of Informed Consent and Waiver of Documentation of Informed Consent

Policy: Eligibility to Serve as Principal or Co-Principal Investigator on Sponsored Projects

Policy: End Approval Dates

Policy: Expedited IRB Review

Policy: Export Control

Policy: Financial Conflicts of Interest Related to Research and Sponsored Programs

Policy: Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs - Restrictions and Disclosure Requirements

Policy: Human Subjects Research Principal Investigator

Policy: IRB Conflict of Interest

Policy: IRB Exempt Determinations

Policy: IRB Researcher Training

Policy: Informed Consent and Waiver of Informed Consent

Policy: Major Instrumentation

Policy: Participant Support Costs

Policy: Proposal Submission

Policy: Reporting Unanticipated Problems/Adverse Events to the IRB

Policy: Research Involving Cognitively Impaired Individuals

Policy: Research Involving Fetuses, Pregnant Women or Human In-Vitro Fertilization

Policy: Research Involving Prisoners as Research Subjects

Policy: Subcontracting - Establishing, Managing, and Monitoring Subawards

Policy: Suspension, Termination, or Expiration of IRB Approval

Policy: Use of Lotteries, Raffles, and/or Drawings in Research

Reporting New Information to the IRB

Research Administration Policy and Procedure Development

Cognizant Agency Detail

Guidance: Additional Requirements for Human Subjects Research Supported by Other Federal Agencies

Guidance: Animal Transport

Guidance: Collecting Demographic Information from Human Subjects

Guidance: Consenting Subjects Who Do Not Read, Speak or Understand English

Guidance: Human Subjects Research Engagement

Guidance: IACUC External Resource Materials

Guidance: IRB Authorization Agreements for Human Subjects Research

Guidance: Informed Consent Process for Exempt Research

Guidance: International Data Transfers

Guidance: International Research

Guidance: International Shipments

Guidance: Justifying the Number of Animals in Research

Guidance: Major and Minor Surgical Procedures

Guidance: Racial Equity Considerations in IRB Review

Guidance: Reporting Animal Welfare Concerns and Policy Violations to the IACUC

Guidance: Required and Additional Elements of Informed Consent (Non-Exempt Research)

Guidance: ResearchMatch -- Example Contact Message

Guidance: ResearchMatch -- Find Research Participants

Quick Reference Codes and ID Numbers

Rates - FY 26 Tuition - Graduate Students

Rates: Fringe Benefit

Rates: Indirect Cost

SOP: Carbon Dioxide Euthanasia of Rodents

SOP: Collaborative Work with Outside Institutions

SOP: Congruency Review

SOP: Creating and Revising University Policies and SOPs

SOP: Developing a Technology Control Plan

SOP: Export Control Compliance Review of Purchases

SOP: Post-Approval Monitoring

Submission Requirements for SBIR/STTR Proposals
Research Integrity (current)
Human Subjects in Research
Vertebrate Animals in Research
Export Control
Foreign Talent Programs
Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research and Sponsored Programs

Breadcrumb

Home
Diane Mason

Diane Mason

Senior Contract and Grant Specialist

Depts: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, History, LU Properties, Math, PA Dept. of Health Research

Email address: e067@lehigh.edu

Phone number: 610-758-4402

Sidebar Navigation

Home (current)
About the VPR Team (current)
Find Funding (current)
Proposal & Contract Submissions (current)
Manage an Award or Project (current)
Close Out an Award or Project (current)
Explore Trainings & Education (current)
Policies, Guidance & Forms (current)
Research Integrity (current)

Office of the Vice Provost for Research

Phone Number 610-758-5212
Fax Number 610-758-5810
Address
Lehigh University
Alumni Memorial Building
27 Memorial Drive West
Bethlehem, PA 18015
United States

User account menu

Log in

Dark mode toggle on and off switch