1. Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
Beth Irwin
Research Training Manager
Office for Research Integrity

2. RCR Training
Goal is for anyone involved in research to perform the most ethical research possible
Topics generally incorporated include:
Conflict of interest -Human participant protections
Mentoring -Collaborative research
Peer review -Data management
Research misconduct -Authorship
Plagiarism -Animal subjects welfare

3. RCR Training
NU strongly encouraged for all students, staff, and faculty involved in research
Federal regulations require RCR
National Institute of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NU schools, departments and programs have RCR policies which detail who needs to complete RCR
Some schools/departments require RCR training for all PhD students and postdoctoral fellows regardless of funding

4. Federal RCR Requirements
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Requires that all individuals (undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, fellows, participants, scholars) who receive funding or support from specific types of NIH awards participate in RCR training
Awards included: NIH training awards, individual career development awards (K), institutional career development awards, research education grants, research service awards (NRSA) and/or dissertation research grants

5. Federal RCR Requirements
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Requires that all undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers supported by any NSF award complete RCR training
 NU strongly encourages all students, staff, and faculty involved in research to attend RCR training in order to ensure that research is being conducted as ethically as possible.

6. RCR Training Implementation
Each individual proposal/award requiring RCR must have a plan for RCR completion
Compliance is tracked with each award
ORI, schools and departments assist with NSF RCR tracking
PI is ultimately responsible for ensuring RCR training
Noncompliance could result in unallowable salary charges which would require repayment to the award
NIH has more prescriptive guidelines regarding what constitutes compliant training

7. NU Plan for NSF RCR Training
Undergraduate students supported by NSF awards must complete online RCR training through the CITI program no more than sixty days after salaries are first charged to the account.
Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers supported by NSF must complete RCR training, which may include online as well as in-person training, within one year of salaries first being charged.
Check with your department or program to determine what is required

8.
Training management system that will enhance communication about NU training requirements and opportunities
Initially designed to manage and track research safety training and NSF RCR training
Example: If you have not already completed RCR training and begin to be paid on a NSF award, you will receive an notification to complete RCR.

9. University Research Centers: Center Implementation
Center Policy Consistent with ORI:
All undergraduates required to complete RCR training within 60 days of salary first charged
All graduate students and post docs required to complete both CITI RCR training and instructor-led RCR course in the appropriate discipline within ONE YEAR of salary charged
Noncompliance with either will result in salary moved from sponsored to non-sponsored chart string

10. University Research Centers: Center Process Change
s to trainees will be auto-generated once salary is charged to NSF
List of instructor-led training courses can be found in the RCR ILT Curriculum in
Graduate students must register through CAESAR
Post docs will register through
New tracking reports generated monthly and re-distributed to centers for monitoring
Responsibility in centers for managing compliance

11. University Research Centers: Instructor-Led Training
Graduate Students- home department
Post docs- discipline appropriate to research
Information about instructor-led courses, including when they are offered, can be found in
Examples:
Chemistry/Physics: 1 course each in fall
McCormick:
Graduate Students: Offered each quarter (2x’s spring)
Post docs- separate course in Fall, Winter, Summer

12. Beth Irwin, Research Training Manager
Questions?
Refer to your department/program to identify specific training requirements and options
NU RCR training requirements and additional information can be found on ORI website
ORI can assist with additional RCR related questions
Beth Irwin, Research Training Manager or

13. Office for Research Integrity
Contact with any questions regarding any type of potential research misconduct or any research compliance issues or questions
Lauran Qualkenbush
Michelle Stalilonis
Report potential misconduct or violations of policy:
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