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, the Graduate School, and the Office of Undergraduate Education.
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. 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 Research Office and relevant funding agencies upon request.
Resources
- Ten simple rules for creating a sense of belonging in your research group
- Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab
- Ten simple rules for successfully supporting first-generation/low-income (FLI) students in STEM
- Reciprocal Research: A Guide to Centering Community Partnerships with Indigenous Nations
- Creating Respectful Native American Tribal Partnerships. USDA-NIFA funded training module
- Fourteen recommendations to create a more inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ individuals in academic biology. See Reference section for resources in some additional disciplines.
- Broadening participation by including more individuals with disabilities in STEM: Promising practices from an engineering research center
- Standards for Professional Behavior. Includes examples for field sites, facilities, ships, and conferences.
- Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation NASEM 2023
- Request customized training from EOA OSU Office of Equal Opportunity and Access
Mentor Training for Faculty offered by the OSU Graduate School
Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (content curated by K. Laas, et al) - Includes:
- Federal Requirements
- National Academies Reports
- Online Resources for Training
- Program Examples and Guides
- Mentoring Tool Examples
- Connecting with Mentors Online
- Key Publications on Mentoring
Books
NIH Case Studies in Research Integrity
- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (one project, multiple funders)
- The Seminar Trip (breach of review integrity)
- The Professional Grant Writer (failure of a reviewer to disclose a COI)
- Sharing an Application Being Reviewed (integrity in peer review)
- Abuse of Power (pressure to write reviewer critiques)
- Asking for Favorable Treatment (PI contacts reviewer)
- Undisclosed Conflict of Interest
Videos
- On Being a Scientist, from the National Academies
- Integrity in Scientific Research
- Research Integrity Case Studies
- Mentorship
- Learning Tools for Research Integrity and Image Processing
Instructor’s Manuals, Online Modules, and Guides
- Ten simple rules for creating a sense of belonging in your research group
- RCR Casebook: Stories about Researchers Worth Discussing
- Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices:
- Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science
ReaDI
- More resources available for the research lifecycle and by discipline through the ReaDI Program at Columbia University
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.
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"
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