UNMC Draft Policy No. 6071: Assignment of Research Laboratory Space has been finalized. The policy is intended as a guiding principle for use in making decisions and taking action with respect to research space. As the policy states, it applies to the entire UNMC campus (all colleges and institutes) and is especially relevant to jointly populated buildings.
The principles of this policy were first documented and applied in November 2003, when investigators were assigned space in the Durham Research Center. Note that research space assignment is based upon success in attracting extramural federal funding, not only National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. All federally funded research is meritorious; NIH being the gold-standard example.
A key feature of the policy is flexibility of space use. This means that research space will be provided that meets the needs of the work. This takes into account the type of research proposed for a given space and allows space assignments to be adjusted accordingly.
For more information, contact Paula Turpen, Ph.D., director of research resources.