GIM 29
Release of Data Included in Proposals
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Office of Sponsored Programs
GRANTS INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 29
July 15, 1976
SUBJECT: Release of Data Included in Proposals
Attached is a copy of a Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
(DHEW) release dated May 10, 1976, providing details on the procedures
used by the DHEW to safeguard certain data included in funded
proposals. Under this procedure, DHEW generally asks the University's
Office of Sponsored Programs to coordinate the review of the
requested proposal with the Principal Investigator. In the event the
funding agency contacts the Principal Investigator directly, the
investigator should contact Office of Sponsored Programs for
assistance.
If the faculty investigator believes that copyrightable material
and/or patentable data are contained in a new proposal being submitted,
the investigator may wish to ask the Office of Sponsored Programs to include the following statement with the proposal: This proposal contains information, the premature release of
which may jeopardize valuable rights of the University of Washington
and/or the author(s) of the proposal. In the event the funding agency
is asked to release data included in this proposal, the funding agency
should contact the University (Director, Office of Sponsored Programs,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, phone 206 543-4043)
prior to such release to determine whether or not the proposal contains
proprietary information exempt from immediate release under the Freedom
of Information Act.
It is believed that such a statement will prevent premature release
of data by other Federal agencies not as thoroughly experienced as DHEW
in dealing with requests submitted under the Freedom of Information
Act.
Questions may be directed to the Office of Sponsored Programs, extension 3-4043.
Donald R. Baldwin, Director
Office of Sponsored Programs
ATTACHMENT A
See Attachment A in the Grants Information Memoranda Manual, GIM
29, located at your nearest Reference Station. Attachment A is a copy of
the NIH Guide, Vol. 5, No. 7, June 10, 1976. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
OF 1974 (P.L. 93-502)
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