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Graduate School-Newark
Responsible Conduct of Research
October 15, 2010
Effective January 4, 2010, the National
Science Foundation (NSF) implemented the Responsible Conduct
of Research (RCR) requirement under its America Competes Act
of August 9, 2007. The requirement is that every
institution receiving NSF or National Institutes of Health
(NIH) funds have a plan in place to provide training to
every undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral student
supported by those funds.
Required training in the
Responsible Conduct of Research (Online + Workshop)
Online:
Rutgers has contracted with
the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
to provide online educational modules. CITI's online course
in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) fulfills the
training requirement for students and postdoctoral
researchers funded by NSF or NIH grants. Completion of four
modules is required to complete the program (Research
misconduct, Data acquisition and management, Responsible
authorship, Conflict of interest).
To enroll in the RCR
course, please visit
https://www.citiprogram.org. (When a Username is
requested during CITI registration, the RUTGERS NET-ID or
the full Rutgers email addresses should be used to ensure
that the completion is recorded).
Workshop:
NSF or NIH funded students
and postdoctoral researchers are required to take a workshop
that will provide an opportunity for discussion of case
studies and decision-making skills. The workshop topics
include: Research Misconduct; Management of Data and
Responsible Authorship; Mentoring and Peer Review; and
Collaboration and Conflict of Interest. The workshop
is offered as a three-day series of presentations and
discussions just prior to the beginning of the Fall semester
each year.
Rutgers is required to provide documentation to the NSF and
NIH as to which students participated in the
training.
Questions should be directed to either Jacqueline Cornelius
at
jcorneli@andromeda.rutgers.edu or Barry R. Komisaruk at
brk@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
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