POL-U4520.07 Training For Research/Scholarly Activities On National Institute Of Health (NIH) Or National Science Foundation (NSF) Sponsored Agreements

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Effective Date:

September 25, 2013

Approved by:

President Bruce Shepard

Who does this policy apply to?

This policy applies to faculty, staff, and students working on NIH or NSF-sponsored agreements.

Overview

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Definitions

Research Misconduct

  1. Fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion;
  2. Willful failure to comply with federal, state, or university requirements: i) for protecting human subjects during research or ii) concerning the humane treatment of animals in research; or
  3. Use of university resources such as research funds, facilities, faculty, staff, or students for unauthorized and/or illegal activities.

Principal Investigator (PI) or Project Director (PD)

Person responsible for proper management of sponsored agreements.

Key Personnel

PD/PI and other individuals who contribute to the scientific development or execution of a project in a substantive, measurable way.

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training

A training program encompassing the prevention of research and/or scholarly misconduct. The program shall also include best practices of publication, authorship, and mentoring. The RCR courses are offered online and face-to-face.

NSF-Sponsored Agreement

Award instrument in the form of a grant, contract, subawards, cooperative agreement, or interagency agreement with NSF.

NIH-Sponsored Agreement

Award instrument in the form of a grant, contract, subawards, cooperative agreement, or interagency agreement with NIH.

Exceptions

This requirement does not apply to scholarship grants, REU grants, conference grants, equipment grants, program improvement grants or other federally-funded grants as determined by the Vice Provost for Research.

Policy Statements

1. Principal Investigators (PIs) Must Complete On-Line RCR Training Before NIH- or NSF-Sponsored Activity Begins

 RCR training must be renewed every four years.

2. Graduate Students and Key Personnel Funded by NIH- or NSF-Sponsored Agreements Must Complete On-Line RCR Training Program within sixty days (60) of Beginning Work on an NIH- or NSF- Sponsored Agreement

No additional description for this statement.

3. NIH-Sponsored Training, Fellowship, and Career PIs and Graduate Students Must Also Complete Eight Hours of Face-to-Face RCR Training Provided by Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP)

No additional description for this statement.

4. Undergraduate Students Funded by NIH- or NSF-Sponsored Agreements Must Participate in an RCR Training Session Offered by RSP

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5. Vice-Provost for Research May Require RCR Training for Other PIs, Key Personnel, and Students as Deemed Appropriate

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6. RSP Provides RCR Training to all Faculty, Graduate Students, and Undergraduate Students Upon Request Regardless of Funding

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  • POL-U4520.02 Addressing Responsible Conduct of Research

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  • POL-U4520.02 Addressing Responsible Conduct of Research

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