Dear Colleagues,
A few updates have been made to research guidance in the past two weeks. I am sending you a summary with links, so you have these available. Please forward to others as appropriate. Please be sure to let the Office of Research know if you have any questions.
- Guidance for carrying out field work: A sample plan, a decision tree, and some FAQs are now available on the Mitigating Impacts web page. Just scroll down until you come to the Fieldwork section.
- Human Subjects Research. Effective May 22, some additional human subjects research is now allowed.
- Research that requires less than 6 foot distance: In limited circumstances, it is possible to carry out research that requires less than 6 foot distance. Please see this guidance for more details.
In all cases, the amount of time working in close contact should be kept to a minimum, less than 15 minutes if at all possible. Extra PPE is required, and a Health and Safety Plan for such work must be approved by the Department Chair or equivalent.
Regards,
Mary Lidstrom, Vice Provost for Research