RESEARCH MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
EXCERPTS FROM THE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
OF THE HANOI SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(Attached to Decision 561/QD-YTCC, signed by the Dean on 6 October 2003)

Article 6: Clearance of Research Outlines and Project Plans
Before conducting any research of any scale and scope managed by the Hanoi School of Public Health, the research itself must get a clearance of the School’s Research Clearance Council.
Article 7: Controlling the Progress of Researches and Projects
Units and individuals in charge of researches and projects must ensure things are done as scheduled in their Plans and in compliance with every rules and regulations concerning research management of the School.
Article 8: Evaluation of Researches and Projects
Researches are acknowledged as completed only after having evaluated and accepted by the Research Commitees at their levels. Projects are acknowledged as completed only after having evaluated and accepted by the counterparts/donnors.
Article 9:  Registration and Announcement of Research Findings

      1.       Research Directors have the obligation and right to register the results of their researches with the National Scientific and Technological Information-Materials Center (Ministry of Science and Technology)
2.       Teachers and staff of the School with Masters degrees and higher must have at least one article published on the School’s professional bulletins or publications.
3.       Every research managed by the School, having accepted, will be archived in the Information and Library Center of the School (full texts of reports and electronic files; tools set for data collection; data in the formats of EPIINFO/SPSS/STATA...; and tables of variable codes)

Article 12: Research File Management (originals archived at the Department of Research and International Cooperation): 3 categories of files:
1.       Researches managed/conducted by the School
2.       Researches conducted in cooperation with partners outside the Schools
3.       Projects with Foreign Investment

Article 14: Reward and Discipline regarding Research Operations
Research is one of the evaluative criteria applied to teachers and staffs. The Research Commitees (grassroot level researches) or the Science and Education Council will decide on reward and discipline regarding research operations. HSPH Research Management Regulations are available at the School’s Information and Library Center or at any other Department and Office. Forms are updated and archived at the Department of Research and International Cooperation, as well as at the HSPH website.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING RESEARCH MANAGEMENT FORMS
1. Forms used for all kinds of research and project (saved at HSPH Research Management File):
Form 1 - QLKH: Research Registration
Form 2 - QLKH: Research Outlines
Form 2(a) - QLKH: Grassroot Research Outlines
Instructions for Writing Research Outlines
Form 3 - QLKH: Research/Project Progress
Form 4 - QLKH: Research Outputs Report
Form 5 - QLKH: Research Outputs Registration
Form 7 - QLKH: Project Activities Plan
2. Forms needed for Ministerial Level Researches:
2.1 For research proposal
- Research Proposal at State/Ministerial Levels
2.2 For Ministerial Level Research Selection and Approval
List of items needed for research registration at Ministerial level (for reference)
Request for Research Registration at Ministerial level
Brief Report on Research Operations of the Registree
Short CV of the Research Director
Affidavit of Cooperation between Director and Manager of Research