Contact International Research Operations

The Director for Global Operations, in consultation with the Office of the Vice President for Research, ORPA, the Office for Global Engagement, Office of Counsel, Human Resources, and the University Controller, helps faculty and staff plan their international research activities.

Contact us if you meet any of these criteria

If your potential project meets any of the criteria below, our office should be consulted in the planning process of your project:

• One or more University faculty, staff, or students will be located outside of the 50 U.S. States for six months or more per year.
• The University will have a local in-country (non-U.S.) collaborator assist in carrying out the proposed project.*
  • *In considering this question, exclude those local in-country collaborators that are (i) subrecipients of a subaward from sponsored funding that will not involve any University “on site” research activity outside of the 50 U.S. States, or (ii) performing a multi-site clinical trial, where the foreign collaborator site(s) administer the clinical trial separately from the University.
• Excluding payments to research subjects, it is expected that the project will include hiring or directly paying individuals located outside the 50 U.S. States to support the proposed project.
• The project will include (i) ongoing operations outside the 50 U.S. States, including through ownership or lease of real property to support the proposed project, or (ii) the purchase of vehicles or other high high-value property outside the 50 U.S. States.
• The project will involve the University (and not a local collaborator) conducting clinical research or clinical trials outside of the 50 U.S. States.

How to reach out

Departments should contact the Director of Global Operations (joe.doyle@rochester.edu) or another member of the Office of Global Engagement as early in the process as possible to discuss objectives, options, and potential compliance issues involved in the project.

As part of its review, the Office of Global Engagement may ask you to complete the International Research Project Form. The purpose of this form is to ensure that the details of your potential project are fully understood, which will allow the Office of Global Engagement to advise and coordinate with other University offices as needed.

Departments and researchers are encouraged to contact the Office of Global Engagement and submit an International Research Project Form as early in their planning process as possible.