Does a department chair who just arrived and started last year know where data are located from past faculty?
Research data custody is the responsibility of Principal Investigators, Other Investigators, or Sponsoring Principal Investigators, except in cases where they have left the University and the data are involved in a pending patent application or application filing, an open allegation of violation of the University Policy on Misconduct in Scholarly Activity or the Policy on Financial Conflict of Interest in Research, or the funding sponsor of the project/activity specifically requires University retention of original data. In these cases, the former chair should have left records for a new one regarding the location of data. Deans are responsible for ensuring their chairs keep adequate records.
