A Campus Partnership to Foster Compliance with Funder Mandates

Abstract

Data from federally funded research must now be made publicly accessible and discoverable. Researchers must adhere to guidelines established by federal agencies, and universities must be prepared to demonstrate compliance with the federal mandate. At Utah State University, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies and the Merrill-Cazier Library partnered to facilitate data sharing and create an audit trail demonstrating compliance with the terms of each researcher's award. This systematic approach uses existing resources such as the grant management system, the institutional repository (IR), and the Library online catalog. This paper describes our process and the first eight months of implementation.

Assessing Research Compliance for Federally Funded Projects: The Good, the Bad, and the Publicly Accessible

“…The process requires close communication between the Office of Research, the Library, and the PI. The program process has remained mostly unchanged since its inception and description in Broadbent et al (Broadbent et al, 2018).…”