Before research begins
Projects involving people, animals, hazardous materials, controlled data or external sponsors require the appropriate review before work starts.
Training
Researchers complete role-specific training and renew requirements on the schedule set by the responsible office.
Integrity
Questions about authorship, conflicts, data management or reporting concerns receive confidential guidance and documented follow-up.
Review before you start
Any project involving people, animals, hazardous materials, controlled data or an outside sponsor needs the right review approved before work begins — not after the first interview. The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs routes a project to the correct committee.
Integrity questions
Questions about authorship, conflicts of interest, data ownership or a concern about someone else’s conduct get confidential guidance and a documented follow-up. Training is tied to a person’s role on the project and has to stay current.
In and around Porter Falls
Research at Porter is applied and partner-driven: a Valley Health quality project, a DNR study on the Porter River, a manufacturing-process fix for a county employer. The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs in Millwright Hall handles the review, the training records and the sponsored-project paperwork so the work can start on time.
The practical details
Human subjects: IRB review before any data collection. Training: Role-specific; renewed on a set schedule. Also covers: Animal care, biosafety, export control, conflicts. These specifics can shift from term to term, so confirm anything time-sensitive — a deadline, an appointment, an eligibility rule — before you count on it.
If you have a question
This is handled by Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (Millwright Hall, Room 340). Call (715) 555-0230 or email research@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or use MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If another office turns out to own the question, they will pass it along rather than send you back to the beginning.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.