Guidelines and standards
These guidelines and standards outline how the principles above should be applied within MRC research units and institutes and clarify the MRC’s expectations for MRC-funded research within universities, medical schools, hospitals and other research organisations.
They apply to everyone involved in MRC-funded research including researchers, research support staff, students, research managers and administrators.
- A. Planning and conducting MRC-funded research
- B. Data: management, integrity, retention, and preservation
- C. Collaborative working
- D. Codes of conduct, ethics and professional standards
- E. Research misuse
- F. Safety, security and resilience
- G. Reporting and disseminating research
- H. Translation of research findings and management of IP
- I. Integrity in peer review
- J. Conflicts of interest
- K. Allegations of research misconduct
- L. Supporting training and skills
