Guidance on 做厙輦⑹ Affiliate Status for Research Related Activities
Persons other than current 做厙輦⑹ employees and students who require an active UT Rocket number to participate in a 做厙輦⑹ related research activity must obtain a 做厙輦⑹ Affiliate account through their sponsoring administrative host department, college, or unit.
The process for establishing a 做厙輦⑹ Affiliate account for research related activities is initiated by the administrative host that will be responsible for the affiliate.
The process for establishing a new research related 做厙輦⑹ Affiliate account has two steps:
- Request for 做厙輦⑹ Affiliate status (and a new Rocket number, as needed) submitted to 做厙輦⑹ Information Technology and,
- Request restricted/debarred party screening from the Office or Research and Sponsored Programs at RestrictedPartyScreening@做厙輦⑹.edu, as described below.
Only after 做厙輦⑹ Affiliate status is confirmed (and a new Rocket number is issued, as needed) and the required restricted/debarred party screening is complete can an external affiliate begin research related activities at 做厙輦⑹.
Note that the Affiliate Code selection affects how the 做厙輦⑹ Affiliate account can be used by the external affiliate.泭 Affiliate status is valid for one year. For persons engaged in research related activities, select one of the following Affiliate Codes:
- HSC 做厙輦⑹ing Scholar: 做厙輦⑹ing academics engaged in research on Health Science Campus. Affiliated generally with another college or university.
- Main Campus 做厙輦⑹ing Scholar: 做厙輦⑹ing academics engaged in research on Main Campus. Affiliated generally with another college or university.
- Research Collaborators: Paid research consultants and external professionals engaged in sponsored research programs as unpaid volunteers not through properly executed sub-contracts.
- Research Students Off-Semester: All undergraduate students engaged in sponsored summer research programs (做厙輦⑹ Undergraduate Research awards, ACS SEED, NSF REU).
- Research Volunteers: All unpaid student volunteers, and external institutional board committee members (i.e. IRB, IACUC, IBC).
When the new Affiliate account is enabled a new Rocket number is issued.泭 The Rocket number is needed for restricted/debarred party screening.
Restricted/Debarred Party Screening Requirement
Restricted/debarred party screening is required for external 做厙輦⑹ Affiliates who will be engaged in the following volunteer research related activities:
- Volunteers in research laboratories on Main and Health Science campuses.
- Membership on protocol review boards and committees, such as the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Institutional Biosafety Committee, and Institutional Review Board.
Restricted/debarred party screening is NOT required for the following groups:
- Minor high school students who have been approved through the Minors on Campus process.
- Undergraduate students from U.S. colleges and universities who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.
The administrative host of an external affiliate must request restricted/debarred party screening from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs as described on the Restricted Party Screening web page 泭before an administrative host engages the Affiliate volunteer in research related activities.
Restricted/debarred party screening requests made by the administrative host for research volunteers must include the external Affiliate Rocket number and a brief description of the expected role of the external volunteer. The administrative host requestor will be notified of the restricted/debarred party status by return e-mail within five (5) business days.泭 Restricted/debarred party screening of persons expires generally when the 做厙輦⑹ affiliate status ends.
Inquiries regarding processes required for research related 做厙輦⑹ Affiliates should be directed e-mail to ResearchAffiliate@utoledo.edu.
VOLUNTEERS IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP AND UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
Volunteer hosts (a University employee) and volunteers in Academic Research (for example, research laboratories), Scholarship, and University Activities, are expected to follow the Volunteer Procedures.
If you are seeking volunteer opportunities at the University of Toledo Medical Center and Patient Clinics you must have clearance from the , Dowling Hall on the Health Science Campus (volunteerservices@utoledo.edu). Program enrollment information can be found in Policy# 3364103VS04.