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Research Policies and Guidance

Research staff and students must be aware of the various University policies regarding research. Many of these are based on legal obligations, funder requirements and Research Excellence Framework (REF) requirements and they all aim to ensure that Edinburgh Napier’s research is not only of excellent quality but can be shown to comply to the best UK and international research practices.

View a summary of University policies related to research funder requirements.

The Research, Innovation and Enterprise team has also been working with colleagues to develop a number of additional supporting guideline/ process documents to support our research activity.

Policy / Document Name	Approval Body	Date Approved
Peer Review:
Grant application and Peer-Review Process
Business Engagement:
CPD definition	Research and Innovation Committee	22 September 2017
Intellectual Property (IP) Policy	Research and Innovation Committee	14 February 2018
Research Data:
Open Access (OA) Policy	Research and Innovation Committee	07 May 2015 (ammendment 2019)
Research Data Management Policy	Research and Innovation Committee	March 2022
Research Metrics:
Responsible Research Metrics	Research and Innovation Committee	November 2019
Research Degrees:
Research Degree Framework	Research Degrees Committee	2020/21
RPG Fee Waiver Scheme	Research and Innovation Committee	September 2021
Research Integrity
Research Integrity Code of Practice	Research Integrity Committee	April 2022
Accessible Misconduct Policy	Research Integrity Committee	August 2022
Adverse Events Reporting	Research Integrity Committee	January 2022

Research Excellence Framework:
REF2021 Code of Practice (Internal Access Only)	Research and Innovation Committee (On behalf of Academic Board)	09 May 2019
Policies to support researchers:
Research and Innovation Time Policy	Research and Innovation Committee	18 May 2017
Career Progression for Researchers	Research and Innovation Committe	16 November 2017
Staff undertaking a Doctoral Qualification	Research and Innovation Committee	16 November 2017
Research Staff Charter
Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research Framework
Research Safeguarding Framework
Public Engagement:
Public Engagement Strategy	Research and Innovation Committee	09 May 2019
Research and Innovation Committee Summary:
Research and Innovation Committee Summaries	Research and Innovation Committee	n/a
Research Export Control Export Control Policy	Research and Innovation Committee	July 2022

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​​Research Policies and Guidance

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Approval Body

Date Approved

Peer Review:​

Business Engagement:

Research Data:

Research Metrics:

Research Degrees:

Research Integrity

Research Excellence Framework:

Policies to support researchers:

Public Engagement:

Research and Innovation Committee Summary:

Research Export Control

Export Control Policy​​

Research Policies and Guidance

Peer Review:

Export Control Policy