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The category headings are intended only as an aid for locating policies and should not be relied upon for any other purpose. Policies may be listed in several different areas and the headings are not a comprehensive list of policies in any given area.
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Academic
- Academic Accommodations for Religious Holidays
- Appointments at the Rank of Senior Lecturer
- Appointment to Emeritus Status
- Campus Violence Prevention Plan
- Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment
- Conflict of Interest in Research
- Discrimination and Harassment
- Disruption
- Drug-Free Workplace
- Evaluative Authority over Faculty or Staff
- Evaluative Authority over Students
- Extending the Probationary Period for Tenure-Track Faculty
- Faculty Family Leave
- Faculty Handbook
- Lobbying and Communications By Faculty and Staff with Federal, State, and Local Government Officials
- Multi-School/Department Appointments
- Non-Retaliation
- Participation in Personnel Decisions
- Release from Teaching Responsibilities following Summer Medical Leave
- Retention of University Records
- Searle Leadership Fund Nomination
- Sponsorship for Legal Permanent Residence
- Standards for Business Conduct
- Summer/Research Quarter Salary Policy Statement for 9 Month Appointments
- Use of Adjunct and Visiting Titles
- Use of University Facilities for Political Activities
- Work without Compensation
Financial Management
- 90 Day Rule
- Cash Handling
- Charging Sponsored Projects
- Charitable Donations By the University
- Cost Sharing on Sponsored Programs
- Cost Transfers to Sponsored Accounts
- Effort Reporting
- Entertainment & Courtesy
- Equipment Inventory and Disposal
- Express Check
- Faculty and Staff Gifts
- Financial and Accounting Policies and Procedures
- Expenses, Payments, Reimbursements and Refunds
- Journal Processing
- Preparing and Making Bank Deposits
- Petty Cash and Change Funds
- Fundraising for Other Charitable Organizations
- Identity Theft Prevention
- Lobbying and Communications By Faculty and Staff with Federal, State, and Local Government Officials
- Merchant Card Processing
- Mobile Communications and Mobile/Home Computing Guidelines
- Non-Travel Advances
- Payments to Non-resident Alien Independent Contractors
- Purchasing
- Retention of University Records
- Standards for Business Conduct
- Trademark Licensing
- Travel
Human Resources
- Additional Pay
- Affirmative Action
- Behavioral Consultation Team
- Campus Violence Prevention Plan
- Civility and Violence
- Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment
- Discrimination and Harassment
- Disruption
- Drug and Alcohol
- Electronic Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification and E-Verify
- Human Resources Policies
- Employment
- Training
- Work and Pay
- Absence from Work
- Payroll and Records
- Conduct
- Effort Reporting
- Lobbying and Communications By Faculty and Staff with Federal, State, and Local Government Officials
- Non-Retaliation
- Retention of University Records
- Sexual Harassment
- Staff Handbook
- Standards for Business Conduct
- Use of University Facilities for Political Activities
- Video Recording and Surveillance
Information Technologies
- Bulk E-mail Approval
- Cable, Satellite, and IP Delivered Television Services
- Data Access
- Data Encryption
- Disposal of Northwestern University Computers
- Firewall
- Information Technology Acquisition, Development and Deployment
- Locating Administrative Applications or Equipment In Central Data Centers
- NetID and Network Privileges
- Non-University Owned Building Infrastructure
- Privacy within the Northwestern Network
- Prohibited Use of Electronic Resources for Threats, Harassment, and Pornography
- Reporting a Northwestern University Information Technology Policy Violation
- Research Application Hosting - Data Center
- Retention of University Records
- Rights and Responsibilities for the Use of Central Network and Computing Resources
- Rooftop Leases
- Satellite Delivered Services
- Secure Handling of Social Security Numbers
- Server Certificate
- Software Authentication Requirements
- Unapproved Network Extensions
- Usage of the NU SSL VPN
- Use and Copying of Computer Software
- Use of Computers, Systems, and Networks
- Use of Multiple Appearance Directory Numbers (MADNs)
- Use of Student Residence Networks
- Using Listserv
- Virus and Spyware Removal for ResNet
- Wireless Networks
Research
- Allowability of Costs on Federally Sponsored Projects
- Bridge Funding Support
- Conflict of Interest in Research
- Copyright
- Cost Sharing on Sponsored Programs
- Cost Sharing Policies for Shared and Core Facilities
- Disruption
- Human Subject Protection Program Policy Manual
- Lobbying and Communications By Faculty and Staff with Federal, State, and Local Government Officials
- Multi-School/Department Appointments
- Office for Sponsored Research policy links
- Allowability of Costs on Federally Sponsored Projects
- Applicant Organization and Submission of Proposals for Research or Sponsored Programs
- Component System Policy
- Charging Sponsored Projects
- Conflict of Interest in Research
- Continued Principal Investigator Status Following Formal Separation from a Tenured Faculty Position
- Cost Sharing for Sponsored Projects
- Cost Transfers to Sponsored Projects
- Criteria for Defining Sponsored Projects
- Drug-Free Workplace Policy
- Export Controls/Foreign Nationals
- Fabricated Equipment Policy
- Fiscal Responsibility for Projects Sponsored by Industry
- Grant Transfers
- Operating Guidelines for International Sponsored Activities
- Mentoring Postdoctoral Scholars
- NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellows Maintain Trainee Status
- Northwestern University Policy on Program Income
- NSF REU Awards
- Principal Investigator Eligibility
- Purchase of Personal Computers and Electronic Devices on Sponsored Projects
- Recording Award Credit and Establishing Financial Accounts for Major Sponsored Programs
- Released Funds Policy
- Significant Absence of a Principal Investigator
- Staff Status for Postdoctoral Fellows
- Treatment of Patient Care Costs on Federal Grants and Contracts
- University Endorsement for Correspondence
- Research Data: Ownership, Retention and Access
- Research Faculty Appointments
- Research Misconduct
- Research Staff and Visitor Appointments
- Retention of University Records
- Sharing Facilities and Administrative Cost Recovery Revenue
- Sponsorship for Legal Permanent Residence
- Standards for Business Conduct
- Summer/Research Quarter Salary Policy Statement for 9 Month Appointments
- Tracking Investigator Award and Expenditure Credit for Sponsored Programs
- University Research Center Proposal and Evaluation Guidelines
- Use of Adjunct and Visiting Titles
- Visiting Predoctoral Students from Other US Institutions of Higher Education and Northwestern Sponsored Programs
- Work without Compensation