For example, investigators can obtain a Public Health Service (PHS) Certificate of Confidentiality to protect research records from subpoena for criminal investigations regarding family use of illicit substances.
He'd done a good bit of research, including finding the birth certificates of both of my great-grandparents.
The very nature of research investigating NSSI and suicide suggests that U.S.-based researchers may want to consider applying for a Certificate of Confidentiality on NIH-funded research projects.
A certificate of commitment from the researchers that take part in these experiments: in this certificate, the researchers agree to follow the rules and the protocol approved by the research ethics committee of the hospital.
All participants received a certificate of appreciation for taking part in the research and light refreshments irrespective of completion of the questionnaire.
Although there is a large body of research examining returns to education, these generally focus on formal qualifications, such as (general upper/vocational) secondary and tertiary certificates.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/13/333/prepub This research was supported by the Michigan Department of Community Health, Certificate of Need Program.
All CRs received a certificate of attendance issued by the Belgian and Moroccan Universities and research associations involved.
A federal Certificate of Confidentiality was also obtained for the study to protect research records from subpoena.
The research adhered to the conditions of Permit #00356/KK/2008/AOPK for CZ, certificate of competency per Law No. 114/1992; for SK we employed Licence #2598/715/03-5.1pil, 5376/2009-2.1/jam, from the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, certificate of competency per Law No. 543/2002.
The research protocol was approved by the Human Subjects Protection Committee HSPCC) of RAND and a Certificate of Confidentiality was obtained from the National Institutes of Health.
