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General University Information
RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Since 1956, students and faculty of the University of Miami
have benefited from its membership in Oak Ridge Associated
Universities (ORAU). ORAU is a consortium of 91 colleges and
universities and a contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ORAU works with its
member institutions to help their students and faculty gain
access to federal research facilities throughout the country;
to keep its members informed about opportunities for fellowship,
scholarship, and research appointments; and to organize research
alliances among its members.
Through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
(ORISE), the DOE facility that ORAU operates, undergraduates,
graduates, postgraduates, as well as faculty enjoy access
to a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Students
can participate in programs covering a wide variety of disciplines
including business, earth sciences, epidemiology, engineering,
physics, geological sciences, pharmacology, ocean sciences,
biomedical sciences, nuclear chemistry, and mathematics. Appointment
and program length range from one month to four years. Many
of these programs are especially designed to increase the
numbers of underrepresented minority students pursuing degrees
in science- and engineering-related disciplines. A comprehensive
listing of these programs and other opportunities, their disciplines,
and details on locations and benefits can be found in the
ORISE Catalog of Education and Training Programs,
which is available at www.orau.gov/orise/educ.htm,
or by calling either of the contacts below.
ORAU's Office of Partnership Development seeks opportunities
for partnerships and alliances among ORAU's members, private
industry, and major federal facilities. Activities include
faculty development programs, such as the Ralph E. Powe Junior
Faculty Enhancement Awards, the Visiting Industrial Scholars
Program, consortium research funding initiatives, faculty
research and support programs as well as services to chief
research officers.
For more information about ORAU and its programs, contact
Dr. Helena Solo-Gabriele, ORAU Councilor for University of Miami,
at 305-284-2908; or contact Ms. Monnie E. Champion, ORAU Corporate
Secretary, at 865-576-3306; or visit the ORAU Home Page (http://www.orau.org).
Patent and Copyright Regulations
Discoveries or inventions, whether or not subject to patent
or copyright, developed by students as a result of research
done or in connection with theses, dissertations or problems
pertaining thereto, or as a result of a program of research
financed wholly or in part by University funds, or by funds
under the control of the University shall be the exclusive
property of the University except as may be otherwise required
by the terms of research grants or contracts. The University
Patent and Copyright policy provides for the inventor(s) to
share in any royalties received for any patented or patentable
discovery or invention in which the University has a property
interest. Any such discovery or invention shall be so disclosed
promptly, but in any event within a period of not more than
two months, to the Office of Technology Transfer. For specific
information regarding the Policy, contact the Office of Technology
Transfer, Medical Campus, 243-5689.
Use of Human Subjects in Research
All research that involves the use of human subjects must
be reviewed and approved by one of the University Institutional
Review Boards for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research.
This policy applies to both funded and non-funded faculty
and student research. Any individual student research project,
including thesis or dissertation, that involves human subjects
must be approved by one of the committees prior to initiation
of the research. The policies and procedures on human subject research can be found at www.hsro.miami.edu. For additional information, contact the Human
Subjects Research Office at (305) 243-3195.
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