Policies and Forms
Policies and Forms for UPCI Investigators
Policies
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academic Incentive Plan
- UPCI Policy on Purchasing Capital Equipment for Shared Facilities
- UPCI Travel & Business Expense Reimbursement Policy
- UPCI Policy for Use of Discretionary Funds
- UPCI Pre-Submission Review Directive
Purchasing
- UPCI Capital Equipment Request Form (use this form to request the purchase of any individual piece of durable equipment that costs $2,000 or more and has a useful life of at least 5 years)
- UPCI Purchased Services Request Form (use this form to request any purchased services - including consulting services, contracted services, testing services, or any other professional services provided by sources outside of the University - costing $2,000 or more)
- UPCI Service Agreement Request Form (use this form to request any service agreements costing $2,000 or more)
- To locate equipment in the Hillman, contact Joan Neitznick
Funding
- UPCI Guidelines for Investigators Planning to Submit Research Grant Proposals
- UPCI Pre-Submission Review Cover Sheet
- UPCI Fiscal Notification: Proposal Submission Data Form
- UPCI Subcontract Consortium Funding
Clinical Research
- UPCI Protocol Review Committee Processing Checklist Form (complete Word version on your PC or print out .pdf version to complete by hand)
- Disease Site Meeting Template (to summarize discussions about clinical trials, including each subject's treatment as described in the protocol and any significant toxicities that occur)
- Data and Safety Monitoring Committee Progress Report Template
- DSMC Progress Report Template – OSIRIS Submissions
- UPCI Protocol Review Committee Checklist Form
- UPCI and CTMA Protocol Registration Form
- Form Packet * (data forms including registration forms, status change forms, and case report forms for UPCI protocols)
* The Form Packet is an 860KB .zip file. Windows users may need to install a decompressing program such as FreeZip in order to view the zipped documents.
Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)
Travel
Recruitment
- UPCI PDA/RA Checklist (for recruitment/renewal of postdoctoral associates and research associates at UPCI)
Computer Support
- Intranet Request Form (for UPCI and UPMC members to request a login to the UPCI intranet - select "Staff Search" on the list)
- PC Support Request Form (for UPCI and UPMC members on the UPMC network to request help for a computer problem)




