Safeguards for Students Engaged in Directed Research Activities

All students engaged in directed research must be insulated from commercial pressures, in particular stemming from situations presenting potential conflicts of interest. Unimpeded progress of graduate students toward their degrees and professional goals must have the highest priority.

This can sometimes come into conflict with the desire of research sponsors to delay publication for an unreasonably long period or to shape the research so that it serves proprietary rather than scholarly goals. Management plans should suggest ways by which students may be insulated from such pressures, including the further use of existing structures and procedures to monitor and avoid misdirection. Management plans may:

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