Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 58.37
Liaison Sohair Fahmy
Submission Date Sept. 10, 2024

STARS v2.2

Cairo University
IN-1: Academy-Industry Connections

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.50 Sohair Fahmy
Sustainability office coordinator
Faculty of science
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Does the institution require that all significant consulting contracts be reported to a standing committee charged with reviewing and managing individual and institutional conflicts of interest?:
Yes

The policy language that requires that all significant consulting contracts be reviewed for conflicts of interest:
All consulting contracts worth $5,000 or more per year should be reported to the university's standing COI committee(s) charged with reviewing and managing both individual and institutional conflicts of interest.

Does the institution prohibit faculty, staff, students, postdoctoral fellows, medical residents, and other academic professionals from engaging in industry-led “ghostwriting” or “ghost authorship”?:
Yes

The policy language that prohibits industry-led “ghostwriting” or “ghost authorship”:
To safeguard the integrity of academic publishing, universities and their connected academic medical centers should prevent academics, students, postdoctoral fellows, medical residents, and other academic professionals from participating in industry-led "ghostwriting" or "ghost authorship."

Does the institution prohibit participation in sponsored research that restricts investigator access to the complete study data or that limits investigators’ ability to verify the accuracy and validity of final reported results?:
No

The policy language that prohibits sponsored research that restricts investigator access or verification:
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Does the institution ban confidential corporate research?:
Yes

The policy language that bans confidential corporate research:
All confidential corporate research are banned in CU

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s policies regarding industry-sponsored research is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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