{"id":6106,"date":"2025-02-19T04:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T04:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/research\/?page_id=6106"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:07:29","slug":"research-policies-university-policy-portal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/vpr-resources\/research-policies-university-policy-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Policies- University Policy Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/westernu\/basic-slider\/slide-default-00.jpg\" alt=\"slide-default-00\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">Research and Biotechnology<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/vpr-resources\/\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">VPR Resources<\/a>\n    <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\">University Policy Portal<\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\">University Policy Portal<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tertiary-nav\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"relative mx-24 py-10 px-20 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-b-8 bg-gray shadow-md mb-40\">\n      <ul class=\"grid lg:grid-cols-[1fr_auto_1fr_auto_1fr_auto_1fr] lg:gap-x-16 lg:justify-items-center lg:text-center\"> <!-- 4 columns layout, 1 column in mobile -->\n                            <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Research &amp; Biotechnology<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/about\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Team<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/research-areas\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Areas<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/vpr-resources\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">VPR Resources<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/committees\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Regulatory Affairs<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"\/safety\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental Health &#038; Safety<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/research-outreach\/research-horizons-newsletter\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Horizons Newsletter<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/spotlight-on-research\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotlight on Faculty in Research<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/student-research-resources\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Research Resources<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                        <\/ul>\n    <\/nav>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <div id=\"48f2b001-9818-4c3e-9717-09bea9e0312e\" class=\"ControlZone ControlZone--clean b_g_50a7110f\" data-automation-id=\"CanvasControl\">\n<div class=\"ControlZone--control\">\n<div class=\"rte-webpart rte--ck5 rte--read-ck5 uniformSpacingForElements rte--paragraphSpacing rte--headingSpacing LightMode rte--list-rtl\" dir=\"auto\" data-sp-feature-tag=\"Rich Text Editor\" data-sp-feature-instance-id=\"48f2b001-9818-4c3e-9717-09bea9e0312e\">\n<div class=\"ck-content rteEmphasis root-149 css-150 fixFocusIndicator\" data-automation-id=\"textBox\">\n<h2>The <a href=\"https:\/\/westernu.sharepoint.com\/sites\/PolicySite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-interception=\"off\">University Policy Portal<\/a> is the central resource for all university policies, guidelines, and procedures. Anyone seeking access to all Research-related policies may visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/westernu.sharepoint.com\/sites\/PolicySite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-interception=\"off\">University Policy Portal<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<p>The policy portal is only available to WesternU employees and requires your WesternU credentials to access the site. Policies that are available to all, including students, are linked on the Public Policies section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"7c4e7dc1-73c4-46c0-883a-848577205ac0\" class=\"ControlZone ControlZone--clean b_g_50a7110f\" data-automation-id=\"CanvasControl\">\n<div class=\"ControlZone--control\">\n<div class=\"rte-webpart rte--ck5 rte--read-ck5 uniformSpacingForElements rte--paragraphSpacing rte--headingSpacing LightMode rte--list-rtl\" dir=\"auto\" data-sp-feature-tag=\"Rich Text Editor\" data-sp-feature-instance-id=\"7c4e7dc1-73c4-46c0-883a-848577205ac0\">\n<div class=\"ck-content rteEmphasis root-149 css-150 fixFocusIndicator\" data-automation-id=\"textBox\">\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact <a href=\"mailto:policy@westernu.edu\">policy@westernu.edu<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"parent":5652,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6106"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7058,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6106\/revisions\/7058"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}