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Policies

This page provides guidance and procedures for university-wide policies for which the Office of the Vice Provost for Research is the "responsible office."

• For all University Policies, see the Cornell University Policy Office.
• For Research Division-specific policies, see the Research Division Human Resources policy website.

Inventions and Related Property Rights

University Policy 1.5, Inventions and Related Property Rights, explains the principles and procedures by which inventions are disclosed to the University, how ownership of inventions is determined, how inventions are protected and commercialized, and how invention revenue is distributed.

• The complete text of Policy 1.5 Inventions and Related Property Rights can be reviewed at: http://www.policy.cornell.edu/vol1_5.cfm
• Guidance on the policy is available at: http://www.research.cornell.edu/VPR/policies/ inventions_guidance.html.
• Sr. Vice Provost for Research Buhrman's memo regarding the policy [download]
• HRIS Records Administration implementation memo [download]
• Acknowledgement form for Weill Cornell Medical College [download]
• Acknowledgement form for all other department/units of Cornell [download]

Cornell University’s Policy 1.5, Inventions and Related Property Rights, prescribes a uniform procedure for the distribution of all net licensing income. Under compelling circumstances the Senior Vice Provost for Research (SVPR) may, when feasible, grant a Limited Exception from this distribution.

• Limited exceptions to the policy are described in "Licensing Income Distribution: Limited Exception For Plant Breeding Programs" [download].
• The "Waiver of Inventor's Share of Licensing Income" form is available here [download].

Postdoc Minimum Salaries

Postdoctoral Associates Minimum Salaries. Outlines the University plan to increase postdoc salaries, effective January 2007.

Principal Investigator Eligibility Policy

Full-time members of the faculty may serve as principal investigators on sponsored programs. Individuals with certain other titles may serve, under special circumstances and with the approval of the Vice Provost for Research, as a principal investigator/project director. View the policy and application.

Summer Salary Guidance and Attestation Procedure

Principal and Co-Principal Investigators are reminded of regulations related to summer compensation from sponsored projects. Guidance on this topic is provided in a campuswide communication from Senior Vice Provost for Research, Robert A. Buhrman. A new attestation procedure has been developed for those cases when a faculty member requests more than 2.5 months of summer salary.

• Guidance on Summer Salaries [download memo].
• Summer Salary Request and Attestation [download form].