| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Federally Funded Research at Institutions of Higher Education (GAO-04-223SP) |
| Q1. What is your institution's policy or standard operating procedure (SOP) concerning allowing sponsors (federal or non-federal) to delay the publication of research results under some circumstances? |
| We do not have any policy that addresses this issue. (percent) | Our policy does not allow sponsors to delay publication under any circumstances. (percent) | Our policy allows our institution to let sponsors delay publication under some circumstances. (percent) | Uncertain (percent) | No answer (percent) | Number of respondents |
| 2.9 | 1.8 | 92.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 171 |