Official New Mexico Tech Policies

These policies have been approved by NMT's Board of Regents and are therefore official university policy:

• Official Policy on Research Integrity
• Official Policy on Human Subjects Research
• Official Policy governing Conflict of Financial Interest

R&ED Procedures

The R&ED Office develops policies and procedures on an as-needed basis to facilitate research, training, proposal routing, and proposal submission:

• LAB SAFETY COURSE- New Researchers must complete this course to receive start up funding
• PROPOSAL ROUTING PROCEDURE - All proposals must be approved by Tech's administration before being submitted to any funding agency. This document describes Tech's procedure for obtaining the necessary approvals for your proposal.
• SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL at GRANTS.GOV - Most federal agencies require proposals to be submitted via the Grants.gov website. The R&ED Research Services Office must submit all proposals through Grants.Gov. This document is a very basic user manual for Grants.gov.
• SUBMITTING YOUR NSF PROPOSAL at FASTLANE - The National Science Foundation requires all proposals to be submitted via its FastLane website. The PI can upload his or her proposal at FastLane, but the R&ED Research Services Office actually submits the proposal.
• HSI Status - New Mexico Tech has reached a very important goal: The university has been designated as an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education. Tech is now listed as a Title V and HSI-eligible institution. Click here to download the notification letter and other information that you may wish to use in your proposals.

General Research Forms

Proposal Routing Sheet -- Download and complete this form, attach it to your research proposal, and route it for administrative signatures BEFORE submitting your proposal to a funding agency:

• Proposal Routing Sheet - Word Document (REV 05/2009)
• Proposal Routing Sheet - PDF Format (REV 05/2009)

Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form -- You must disclose any financial conflicts of interest that exist for any of your research projects. Complete this form and include it with your proposal when you route it for administrative signatures.

Summer Salary Support Form -- Use this form to request up to three months of summer salary for SUMMER 2009. You must have a valid account number to draw your summer salary from.

Graduate Assistant Contracts and other RA/TA forms -- All contracts, forms, and guidelines for hiring graduate students are available on the Graduate Studies Office's webpages.

Human Subject Research Policies and Documents

Please be aware that federal law requires that you have your HSR project reviewed and approved by the NM Tech Institutional Review Board before you can start.

All HSR handbooks, forms, and other information related to Human Subjects Research (HSR) have been moved to the IRB Documents page.