Final Provisions

Code of Conduct

Investigators should be aware of and observe the well known universal code of conduct of research activities, and SQU guidelines on:

1)             Research ethics

2)             Bioethics

3)             Animal care and use and

4)             Medical ethics.

All proposals involving experimentation with laboratory animals and human subjects should obtain clearances from appropriate University ethics committees prior to experimentation.  

Coding of Projects

Every project (approved research proposal or consultancy request) shall be assigned a unique SQU code by the Deanship of Research for administrative and finance purposes, as per the coding scheme given below.

The two-character coding of the activity type (aa) is as follows:

The Deanship of Research shall determine convenient codes for each college, research centre and department. The following example illustrates the coding process:

 “HMTF/ENG/MIED/03/05” represents a research project from HM Research Trust Fund (HMTF); the principal investigator works at the College of ENGineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department; the project started in year 2003 and is the 5^th project for that year in this category in that department.

Tables

Table 1: Normal rates for SQU personnel costs

Table 2: Partitioning of personnel charges.