RCR training is a cooperative undertaking supported by academic institutions around the world and promoted at OSU by the Office of Research Integrity, the Office for Sponsored Research and Award Administration, and the Graduate School.
Consultation is available for colleges, departments, and teams wanting to develop their own training initiatives.
Training efforts should demonstrate a commitment to fostering a research environment that facilitates and supports research integrity. The resources linked here are intended to support researchers and instructors in those endeavors. The training topics below have been incorporated into most acceptable RCR plans.
When training is completed to satisfy the requirements of a funding agency, documentation of those efforts and the completion of that training must be maintained by the investigator and made available to the Division of Research and Innovation and relevant funding agencies upon request.
RCR Courses and Contacts
College of Health and the Office of Research Integrity are hosting a nine-month RCR Training Program on the first Friday of each month. Attendees can complete their RCR training requirements in monthly sessions with presentations by OSU faculty and staff. This program will allow recipients of NIH career development and training grants to meet their 8-hour, face-to-face training obligations, and for other researchers to meet their requirements and recommendations from other funding agencies. All are welcome to attend.
Responsible conduct of research course offered by the OSU Graduate School. Training topics include:
- Ethical decision making
- Human subjects
- Animal welfare
- Data acquisition, sharing, and ownership
- Research misconduct
- Conflicts of interest
- Authorship
- Peer review
- Mentor/trainee responsibilities
- Collaborative science
Useful for all students who conduct scholarly activities. Completion will satisfy the RCR requirements set forth by NSF, USDA/NIFA, and the NIH.
Course Description: "Acquire a multitude of skills to launch and maintain productive extramurally funded careers as research scientists. Explore the ethical practices, data sharing approaches, and compliance requirements needed to conduct research. Examine the ethical use of human subjects and animals in research. Explore the changing landscape of intellectual property and commercialization policies for scientists. Introduces communication strategies for effective interactions with scientific peers, the general public and research sponsors. Equivalent to: MCB 557"
Log in to citiprogram.org and affiliate with OSU. If you have an OSU affiliation (faculty, staff, or student), you must use your OSU email address for the primary and institutional addresses in the CITI registration. Employees must use [email protected] and students must use their ONID email address.
The RCR course will satisfy the requirements set forth by NSF and USDA/NIFA but not NIH.
NIH-funded trainees, fellows, participants, and scholars with applicable NIH funding are required to participate in discussion-based instruction that includes substantive face-to-face interaction among participants and faculty. The training offered by OHSU's Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) fulfills this requirement through four 2-hour seminars, typically offered in February and March. OCTRI offers this training at no cost to OSU researchers with applicable grants.
Contact Melissa Mudd at OHSU for more information.
Applicable NIH awards: D43, D71, F05, F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F37, F38, K01, K02, K05, K07, K08, K12, K18, K22, K23, K24, K25, K26, K30, K99/R00, KL1, KL2, R25, R36, T15, T32, T34, T35, T36, T37, T90/R90, TL1, TU2, and U2R any other NIH-funded programs supporting research training, career development, or research education that require instruction in responsible conduct of research as stated in the relevant funding opportunity announcements.
“Creating and Sustaining Respectful Work Environments,” is an OSU course for all supervisors of graduate assistants and graduate assistants that launched on October 10, 2023.
While not specific to research environments, this course focuses on our shared commitment for all university community members to promote a respectful work environment free of bullying or harassing behaviors, whether in traditional workspaces or out in the field. Participants will also acquire knowledge and skills for preventing, intervening, and reporting bullying or harassing behaviors occurring in the work environment. A helpful list of university and community resources will be provided for participants to support OSU’s commitment to creating and sustaining respectful work environments for all employees.
The training is available through Canvas. If you are a Graduate Assistant or you supervise Graduate Assistants and are unable to access this course, contact Kris Galago, Compliance Coordinator, in University Human Resources.
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National Science Foundation (NSF) on Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
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USDA NIFA on Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
RCR Training Content and Resources by Topic
The Lab
In "The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct," you become the lead characters in an interactive movie and make decisions about integrity in research that can have long-term consequences. The simulation addresses Responsible Conduct of Research topics such as avoiding research misconduct, mentorship responsibilities, handling of data, responsible authorship, and questionable research practices. Includes facilitator's guide. Available in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese. (Updated 2024)
Office of Research Integrity
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) present The Research Clinic. The interactive training video educates clinical and social researchers on the importance of appropriately protecting research participants and avoiding research misconduct. The Research Clinic allows the viewer to assume the role of one of four characters and determines the outcome of the storyline by selecting decision-making choices for each “playable” character. (Updated in 2024)
Hickman K, Zahn G (2024) Ten simple rules for leading a successful undergraduate-intensive research lab. PLoS Comput Biol 20(4): e1011994.
If you would like to make an anonymous report related to any violation of ethical standards or institutional policies, we encourage you to use the Accountability & Integrity Hotline: EthicsPoint