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Overarching aspects of research compliance programs, areas of overlap between research compliance and other compliance areas, and compliance areas not addressed in other topic areas.
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Responsible Use of AI in Research
The document, presented by Dr. Courtney Karmelita, addresses the responsible use of AI in research, dispelling common misconceptions by emphasizing that AI is a...
Navigating the Storm 2.0: Institutional Perspectives on a Changing Federal Landscape—October 2025
The document outlines the agenda and discussion framework for “Navigating the Storm 2.0: Institutional Perspectives on a Changing Federal Landscape,” a session held...
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July 2025 Update
The July 2025 COGR Update offers a comprehensive review of recent policy, legal, and regulatory developments affecting research institutions, with primary focus on federal funding, research security, administrative burden, and the controversial 15% cap on indirect cost reimbursement. It details COGR’s advocacy—including legal actions and promotion of the FAIR Model—as well as significant federal a
Research Security and the Cost of Compliance—Phase I Report, Disclosure Requirements Now Available
COGR conducted Phase I of the survey described in this report to quantify the considerable time and resources (financial and otherwise) that research institutions have invested (or will invest) to achieve compliance with the Disclosure Requirements. COGR is providing this Phase I report to research institutions and federal research funding agencies in the hope that it will both encou
Education Title IV Audit Concerns
This document is a formal letter from four leading professional organizations—AICPA, COGR, NACUBO, and NASACT—addressed to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) recent policy requiring a separate annual compliance audit for Title IV Student Aid Programs, regardless of the programs’ risk status under existing single audit regulations.
April 24, 2015 - Comment Letter to the FAA on Proposed Rule for the Operation and Certification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
COGR signed on to a comment letter to the FAA on its proposed rule for the Operation and Certiification of Small Unmanned Aircraft System.
Regulatory and Financial Reform of Federal Research Policy - Recommendations to the NRC
The document, authored by David Kennedy and submitted to the National Research Council Committee on Research Universities in January 2011 by the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), Association of American Universities (AAU), and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), presents a comprehensive critique of the escalating regulatory and financial burdens faced by U.S. research
