If your research is supported by Public Health Service grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts; National Institutes of Health grants; or National Science Foundation grants, you are required to take training in the responsible conduct of research.
Indiana University is committed to providing training in the responsible conduct of research (RCR) to undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, trainees, and research personnel.
Topics covered in federal responsible conduct of research training include:
The U.S. Office of Research Integrity has developed informational videos that address the above list of topics. You may also benefit from training and resources that are available in English, French, German, and Portuguese from Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation.
Indiana University has developed several training programs to support professional development and fulfill obligations to sponsors of our research programs. Depending on the funding opportunity announcement standard you are trying to meet, you may be required to complete one or more trainings online, in-person, or both.
The NIH requires all trainees, participants, undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, trainees, and scholars receiving support through the following programs to obtain responsible conduct of research training:
Find more information regarding NIH’s policy and requirements for RCR instruction.
To meet the NSF’s RCR training requirement, the institution and the principal investigator certify that all undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars supported by NSF funding will successfully complete an institutional program of education in the responsible conduct of research. IU has developed a two-part program to meet this requirement:
Find more information regarding NSF’s requirements for instruction in responsible conduct of research.
