News Archives - Office of Research Compliance

Update for Animal Studies with Department of Defense (DoD) Funding – April 2026

The federal Animal Care and Use Review Office (ACURO) (external link) announced that DoD-funded activities can no longer be included on the same animal protocol as research supported by other funding sources (e.g., the National Institutes of Health [NIH], National Science Foundation [NSF], other federal or private grants, internal/pilot funds). This change applies to new and three-year renewal protocols submitted to […]

Read the Spring 2026 Research Compliance Newsletter

The Office of Research Compliance (ORC) has published the Spring 2026 edition of the Research Compliance Newsletter. View the Spring 2026 newsletter online. This edition includes the following topics: Subscribe to the Research Compliance Newsletter to receive future newsletters directly in your email inbox.

Undergraduate Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Spring 2026

The Office of Research Compliance will be offering online Responsible Conduct of Research training for undergraduate students on Brightspace from March 2nd to April 3rd, 2026. Undergraduate students who are participating in research sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and/or the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of […]

Updated Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct – Jan. 2026

The following message was sent via email to all University of Maine employees on January 5, 2026 by the Office of the President. We are writing to inform you about an important policy update. Last fall the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) issued a Final Rule (external link) to update and modernize the 2005 Public Health Service […]

Read the Fall 2025 Research Compliance Newsletter

The Office of Research Compliance (ORC) has published the Fall 2025 edition of the Research Compliance Newsletter. View the Fall 2025 newsletter online. This edition includes the following topics: Subscribe to the Research Compliance Newsletter to receive future newsletters directly in your email inbox.

Safeguarding Academia Bulletin – Oct. 2025

As highlighted in a recent press release, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and its federal partners issued new guidance in its Safeguarding Academia bulletin (PDF) to alert U.S. academic community about increasing foreign threats to research and to provide mitigation strategies for addressing these threats. All members of the […]

Update to RCR Requirements for NSF – Oct. 2025

The following message was sent via email to all University of Maine employees on October 28, 2025 by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Important Notice 149: Updates to NSF’s Research Security Policies includes a requirement for Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training […]

Undergraduate Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Fall 2025

The Office of Research Compliance will be offering online Responsible Conduct of Research training for undergraduate students on Brightspace from October 27th to December 5th, 2025. Undergraduate students who are participating in research sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and/or the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture […]

Research Security Training Requirement Update – Sept. 2025

The following message was sent via email to all University of Maine employees on September 18, 2025 by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School. This communication is a follow up to the April 17, 2025 notice about a new Research Security Training Requirement implemented by the U.S. Department of […]

Human Subjects / IRB Policy Updates – July 2025

The University of Maine Policies and Procedures for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research (PDF) was recently updated as of July 31, 2025. All persons involved with human subjects research should read this revised policy. Major changes to the policy include: For more information on human subjects research and the Institutional Review Board (IRB), […]