The purpose of this policy is to assist LUMS’ community in recognizing possible and/or perceived conflict of interest situations so that they can avoid and/or, in good faith, take the initiative to disclose, manage and resolve such situations.

The purpose of this policy is to set forth the guidelines that define the rights and obligations of LUMS faculty, staff, students and sponsors with regard to Intellectual Property (IP) which results from research or academic activities.

The purpose of this policy is to set forth guidelines for the procurement, management, transfer and disposition of equipment relating to sponsored research in absence of sponsor instructions and guidelines.

The purpose of this policy is to reaffirm the commitment of LUMS to the highest principles of integrity in all its research related activities, identify general types of research misconduct, and 3 set in place mechanisms to deal with alleged violations of these principles.

Research Governance and Accountability policy (“Policy”) is intended to guide Principal Investigators (PIs), Department Chairs and Deans about the governance of sponsored research or other externally funded programmes and further to outline the accountability of the personnel involved in the matter.