The Stanford Electronic Research Administration System (SeRA) will be an enterprise-wide system to support research administration at Stanford. The SeRA modules will support various stages of the sponsored project lifecycle and will be the institutional system of record for sponsored projects. SeRA will be a system of inter-connected modules, pulling data from existing sources or prior modules to eliminate points of duplicate entry wherever possible.

The first SeRA module launched is the Proposal Development & Routing Form (PDRF), which replaces the former paper SU-42 form.

Stanford Policies

The following documents are taken from Stanford's Research Policy Handbook

• Preparation, Review and Submission of Sponsored Project Proposals (RPH 10.1)
• Principal Investigatorship (PI) Eligibility and Criteria for Exceptions (RPH 2.4)
• Openness in Research (RPH 2.6)
• Definitions and Categories of Sponsored Projects (RPH 3.2)
• Administrative Panels for Research Compliance (RPH 1.4)
• Graduate Student Research Assistantships: Terms and Conditions (RPH 9.3)
• Faculty Policy on Conflict of Commitment and Interest (RPH 4.1)
• Indirect Cost and Fringe Benefit Rates: Definitions and Calculations (RPH 3.3)
     Current rates are provided by Cost & Management Analysis (CMA).

Stanford Offices

• Office of Sponsored Research
• Office of Technology Licensing, including the Industrial Contracts Office for proposals to corporations
• Research Compliance Office for proposals involving:
  • human subjects in medical research
  • human subjects in nonmedical research
  • laboratory animals
  • infectious agents
  • recombinant DNA molecules
  • radiological hazards.
• Internal Audit Department
• Dean of Research Office
• School of Medicine Research Management Group

PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT AND ROUTING FORM (PDRF)  

All schools are now using the Proposal Development and Routing Form (PDRF), part of Stanford's new Electronic Research Administration (SeRA) initiative.

The only proposals that will NOT use the PDRF are those for Fellowships. For Fellowship applications, use the form provided by the School of Medicine at http://med.stanford.edu/rmg/fellowships.html

• PROTOCOL FORMS

  Medical Forms     |     Nonmedical Forms
  
  Links to information and forms related to the use of Human Subjects in research. See Research Compliance Office for information related to other protocol forms.

• MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT (MTA) FORMS
  
  

  See Industrial Contracts Office page for information related to MTA agreements and forms.

If you have any questions regarding this site or instructions please use the feedback link at the top of the page. Questions about proposal processing may be directed to OSR, to your School Dean's office, or to the office of the Dean of Research.