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Faculty Responsibility - Faculty members must not allow any outside professional activities or interests to prevent them from meeting their responsibilities to students as teachers, mentors, or supervisors of research. [University of California Guideline 6 on University-Industry Relations, May 1989.]
Student and Postdoc Freedom to Publish - Students' and postdoctoral scholars' educational and research programs are to be entirely open. Students and postdocs have the right to publish and freely communicate their research progress and findings. There is to be no delay in submitting dissertations, but a delay of up to 90 days may be requested for filing the dissertation in the University Library (i.e., making the dissertation publicly available) to allow for a patent application to be filed.
No Student Involvement in Adviser's Company - Graduate students and postdocs may not be involved in a company in which their dissertation adviser or faculty mentor has a significant financial interest.
§ "Involvement" means they may not be employed in the company, undertake training in the company, or do their dissertation research in the company.
§ "Significant Financial Interest" is defined as one or more of the following held or received in the previous 12 months by the faculty member or the faculty member's spouse or dependent children:
annual income in excess of $10,000 from a company
equity interest of more than 5% or $10,000 in a company
management responsibility in a company
Permissible Student Involvement in Companies - Students and postdocs may undertake educationally-related research activities at companies as long as the following conditions are met:
The faculty adviser does not have a Significant Financial Interest in the company.
The company places no confidentiality or non-disclosure restrictions on the student and permits the student to freely discuss and publish the results of his work without delays.
Any company patent agreement the student is required to sign be reviewed and approved by the University.
Student Participation in On-Campus Research Sponsored by Industry - Undergraduate, graduate student, and postdoc participation in on-campus industry-sponsored research is encouraged as long as the following conditions are met:
The participation furthers the student's educational program.
The student's faculty adviser and the researcher directing the project do not have a Significant Financial Interest in the company sponsoring the campus research project.
Industry Participation in On-Campus Educational Programs - Industrial representatives are encouraged to participate on campus in student and postdoctoral educational programs; for example, industrial scientists and engineers could
§ serve, where appropriate, as co-mentors with faculty mentors of graduate students and postdocs;
§ critique student papers or poster boards in student-sponsored research conferences;
§ offer a lecture in a course; or give a seminar.
Where appropriate, industrial representatives could be appointed to the adjunct professor series in recognition of their educational activities at UCSD.
Student Internships in Industry - Students are encouraged to participate in internships in industry for academic credit, which requires—in addition to work in the company—a research paper with relevant readings directed by a faculty adviser as long as the adviser does not have a Significant Financial Interest in the company.
Employees of Companies with an Interest in UCSD Research Becoming a UCSD Student - An employee of a company with an interest in University research activities may become a student at UCSD under the following conditions:
The student's dissertation adviser does not have a Significant Financial Interest in the company.
Any inventions made by the student in the course of working on University research projects are disclosed to and owned by the University.
All the student's University research work is publishable with no company-imposed constraints.
The student does not use any University facilities for the company's proprietary work.
Student Use of Personal Non-University Time - Students and postdocs have the freedom to decide to use their personal non-University time to work for a company which may require the student to sign a confidentiality agreement and place restrictions on the student's right to publish as long as the following conditions are met:
The student is not working at a company in which their mentor or any member of their doctoral committee has a Significant Financial Interest.
The work at the company is kept completely separate from the student's UCSD educational program.
All of the above policies were endorsed by the Graduate Council at their November 11, 1999 meeting. The original Graduate Council policy prohibiting graduate students from working for their dissertation adviser's company was passed October 11, 1996.
Questions may be addressed to, and further information is available from the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research.