UCLA Research Ramp-Up

Effective June 1, 2021, a Research Operational Plan (ROP) is no longer required for research and creative activities, both on-campus and in the field.

At this time, research activities may only resume with the approval of your department chair, chief or director and the approval of your school’s dean or dean’s designee. You must strictly adhere to the provisions detailed in your approved operational plan.

If you need to modify your plan to include additional personnel and/or locations, you must submit a new research operational plan, and that plan must be reapproved, before that work begins. This will enable us to communicate efficiently with individual investigators, for example about facilities issues, should circumstances require it.

-UCLA Guidelines for Research Ramp-Up opens a new window

-Research Ramp-Up Guidelines (pp. 1-10) opens a new window

Building Management:

-Item #6 is modified as follows: Coordination with Facilities Management including Custodial Services, building security, campus mail services, and the UC Police Department, among other services under the Vice Chancellor for Administration and the Chief Financial Officer is critical to ensuring safer use of space as buildings are re-populated and densities increase. (updated as of June 17, 2020)

-Item # 7 added. Signage for common areas and department use is being developed and coordinated through the Physical Distancing Working Group, under the Future Planning Taskforce. This signage is going through legal and strategic communications review. Departments should not produce their own COVID-19 related signage and should use signage provided. Questions on signage can be directed to the Working Group chair, Nurit Katz nkatz@facnet.ucla.edu(link sends email). (updated as of June 17, 2020)

-Item #8 added. Disinfection supplies for department use are being procured centrally via Facilities Management. Details on how to order can be found at: https://www.facilities.ucla.edu/covid19 opens a new window (updated as of June 17, 2020)

-Laboratory Research opens a new window

-Clinical Trials and Human Subjects Research opens a new window

-Libraries, Archives, and Reading Rooms opens a new window

-Performance- and Studio-based Research opens a new window

-Field and Community-Based Research opens a new window
-Item #5 deleted. Updated IRB approval is not required. (updated as of June 17, 2020)
-Item #2c is modified as follows: “Positive consent should be obtained in writing, either on paper or via email, from research participants and partners.” as required by the IRB. (updated as June 17, 2020)

-Core Facilities opens a new window

Please see the Guidelines for Fieldwork and Research Travel opens a new window.

Effective June 1, 2021, a Research Operational Plan (ROP) is no longer required for research and creative activities, both on-campus and in the field; ROPs are also not required for research-related travel.

PIs are able to populate their activities with researchers as they deem necessary, so long as they continue to comply with all mandates from the CDC, California Department of Public Health, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH), and Cal/OSHA, including, but not limited to, those concerning personnel density, masking, and distancing.

UCLA Requirements for COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring opens a new window
Symptom Monitoring Privacy Policy (PDF) opens a new window

Staff and Faculty (non-health care)
-For information and instructions about the survey, review the Staff and Faculty Protocol opens a new window
-Staff and Faculty Survey opens a new window

Staff and Faculty (health care)
-UCLA Health Coronavirus Information opens a new window
-UCLA Health Survey opens a new window

Students
-For information and instructions about the survey, review the Student Protocol opens a new window
-Student Survey opens a new window

Non-UCLA personnel
-Enter your ten (10) digit phone number to sign up on the enrollment page opens a new window, then go to the daily survey link opens a new window to complete the form.
-Enrollment: https://tinyurl.com/UCM-enroll-d2 opens a new window
-Daily Survey: https://tinyurl.com/UCM-survey-d2 opens a new window

-To order personal protective equipment through the EH&S Central Store via recharge, visit https://www.ehs.ucla.edu/supply-store opens a new window . For questions, email Alyssa Leiva at aleiva@ehs.ucla.edu(link sends email). The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will continue to distribute face coverings for approved research personnel upon request.

-For department cleaning and disinfecting supplies, visit https://www.facilities.ucla.edu/covid19 opens a new window and order through FSR.

-For questions regarding signage and guidelines to aid in effective distancing, contact Nurit Katz, operations section chief for the EOC, at nkatz@facnet.ucla.edu(link sends email).

-For questions about occupational safety and compliance, visit https://www.ehs.ucla.edu/ opens a new window

-For questions about COVID-19 accommodations, visit https://www.irm.ucla.edu/ opens a new window

-For COVID-19 FAQs related to employment and HR issues, visit https://www.chr.ucla.edu/policies/covid-19-faqs opens a new window

-For COVID-19 updates and campus information, visit http://bso.ucla.edu opens a new window

Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger M. Wakimoto Announces Closing of Research Operational Plan (ROP) Process (May 25, 2021)

Additional safety measures for undergraduate student researchers opens a new window (April 12, 2021)

Vice Chancellor for Research Roger M. Wakimoto shares information about the expansion of phase 3 research ramp-up activities opens a new window (April 8, 2021)

Vice Chancellor for Research Roger M. Wakimoto hosts winter research ramp-up town hall (March 24, 2021)

Winter 2021 Research Ramp Up Virtual Town Hall (March 16, 2021)

Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto announces phase 3 of research ramp-up opens a new window (March 15, 2021)

COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force shares limited reopening plans (March 9, 2021)

Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto shares that ‘hold in place’ on research ramp-up activities has been lifted opens a new window (February 25, 2021)

Plans for Spring Quarter Remote Instruction and Work opens a new window (January 11, 2021)

New COVID-19 Case Notification Dashboard opens a new window (January 5, 2021)

Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto shares follow up message regarding Important Information about Guidelines for Labs opens a new window (October 22, 2020)