SPEC Kit 336: Responsible Conduct of Research Training · 23
Data security copyright/publication agreements
Departments and colleges sponsor programs specific to their disciplines.
Diverse workplace, grant management, conflict of interest, intellectual property
Human subjects, intellectual property and patenting, copyright, conflict of interest, peer review
I don’t know all the topics covered. There is required training for all principal investigators.
I know there are initiatives in many faculties and departments but since we are not part of them I cannot describe
adequately their content (what is included and what is not).
Our institution includes the library, and the library offers bibliography management software training. Other sessions
are offered by the university’s Office for Research. There is a website devoted to RCR, and it is hosted by the Office for
Research Integrity. Groups of training include: animal subjects research grants management &research administration
grantsmanship human subjects research research safety responsible conduct of research. The latter covers
collaborative institutional training initiative integrity in biomedical research ethics in biological sciences public health:
ethical issues in clinical research responsible conduct in neuroscience taking responsibility for responsible conduct of
research teaching research ethics. Individual areas may also list related training. The above may not be comprehensive.
There are online modules or other voluntary online tools offered to help meet NSF and NIH requirements.
4. Are these workshops available to all departments/programs/groups or directed only to specific
groups? N=40
Available to all 28 70%
Directed to specific groups 12 30%
If directed to specific groups, please identify them. N=9
Graduate and postdoctoral students
Graduate students, although others may attend if there is room.
It is actually a mix. There are programs available to all, and there are programs targeted to specific departments and
groups.
Mainly for graduate students, but also available to some post-docs and some undergraduates doing research.
Participants must be affiliated with the university.
Principal investigators on grant-funded projects
Required for post-docs and grad students funded by NSF, but open to all post-docs and grad students.
Some offerings are directed to graduate students.
Tends to be ad-hoc workshops directed at teaching assistants, graduate students, new faculty, and then any groups
that may require specific instruction so that they might in turn teach academic integrity and citation methods to their
students (i.e., teaching assistants related to a specific discipline, course with chronic problems related to academic
integrity).
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