Training and Professional Development

  • RCR Workshops - Sponsored by The Graduate School

    The Graduate School

    Workshops on Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

    2013-14 RCR Sessions Offered by The Graduate School

    Date

    Time

    Topic

    Thurs   2/6

    6-8pm

    Ethics in the Use of Animals in Research/Ethics in   the Use of Humans in Research

    Wed     3/5

    6-8pm

    Ethics in Ownership of Data and Intellectual   Property

    Note. All sessions will be held in Rm 200 of the   Whetten Building.

    2/6 RSVP Link:http://www.eventbrite.com/e/rcr-ethics-in-the-use-of-animals-in-researchethics-in-the-use-of-humans-in-research-tickets-8698173471

    3/5 RSVP Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/rcr-ethics-in-ownership-of-data-and-intellectual-property-tickets-8698600749

    Background

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) require training in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) under the authority of the America Competes Act legislation for all undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers who participate in federally sponsored research awards.

    Responsible Conduct of Research includes most of the professional activities that are related to a research career and specifically encompasses the following nine areas:

    1. Conflict of interest – personal, professional, and financial
    2. Policies regarding human subjects, live vertebrate animal subjects in research, and safe laboratory practices
    3. Sponsor/fellow responsibilities and relationships
    4. Collaborative research including collaborations with industry
    5. Peer review, including confidentiality and disclosure of participation by anyone not directly assigned to the materials under review
    6. Data acquisition and laboratory tools; data management, sharing and ownership
    7. Research misconduct and policies for handling misconduct
    8. Responsible authorship and publication, with topics including fabrication, falsification and plagiarism
    9. The scientist as a responsible member of society, contemporary ethical issues in biomedical research, and the environmental and societal impacts of scientific research

    Individuals have several options to complete this requirement including: satisfactorily complete departmentally offered courses (i.e., GRAD 5910, a 1 credit course offered every semester). Alternatively, they can complete the four-hour online RCR training program offered through the CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) program (http://www.citiprogram.org), supplemented by two in-person training sessions offered by the Graduate School. Four sessions are offered over the course of a one-year period. Students must take at least two of the four offered sessions. For more information, go to: shttp://grad.uconn.edu/mp-full.php?news_id=370. 

    For more information, contact: The Graduate School at 860-486-3617