Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) at WSU

What is RCR?

It is appropriate and ethical practice of research, scholarship or creative activity

OR- don’t lie, cheat or steal

Is RCR Mandatory at WSU?

It is currently directed at undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

The NSF training requirement is mandatory and applies to all new NSF research proposals submitted on or after January 4, 2010 and subsequently funded.

It applies to certain NIH grants such as training grants where the PI must submit a plan with the proposal.

As time goes on, other agencies may adopt it.

Elements of RCR (Modules)

• Introduction to RCR • Authorship and Publication • Collaborative Research and Collaborations with Industry• Data Acquisition, Management, Sharing and Ownership• Publication Practices and Responsible Authorship• Conflict of Interest and Commitment• Mentoring/trainee responsibilities• Research Misconduct and Policies• Peer Review• As required by the nature of the project:

– Protection of Human Subjects– Welfare of Laboratory Animals– Safe Laboratory Practices

Where are the rules and campus information on

RCR?

http://www.wright.edu/rsp/rcr.html

Wright Way Policy 2101http://www.wright.edu/wrightway/2101.html

Office of Research Integrity (ORI) of NIH- “Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research” by Nicholas H. Steneck

http://ori.dhhs.gov/documents/rcrintro.pdf(Salient points of this workshop come from this

source)

Another source?

Francis L. Macrina “Scientific Integrity” Third Edition. ASM press. Washington DC

ISBN 1-55581-318-6

Website companion:

http://www.scientificintegrity.net/

Where Can I Find Training in RCR?

Workshops such as this one

Selected courses given by WSU faculty

Mentors who have been certified

CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) online training

http://www.wright.edu/rsp/rcr.html

How do I Prove that I Received Training?

• Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) will issue a certificate noting the module completed and the date of completion.

• RSP serves as the record keeper. If relocating to a new institution, you may request that your training documentation be sent to the new institution.

• Contact Jackie Frederick, Director of Preaward Services, RSP, jackie.frederick@wright.edu or 937-775-2664.

Handout

Sample of the Certificate

RSP’s role

• RSP monitors grants, contracts and cooperative agreements bound by RCR rules for compliance.

http://www.wright.edu/rsp

How Quickly Must I Train?

• Graduate Students and Postdocs: Within 90 days of signing on for a covered project. Exception- A student concurrently taking an approved ethics class may get credit for the modules covered upon completion of the class.

• Undergraduate students ASAP. For 90 day projects or less, complete training within first 30% of the project period. Student can be mentored by qualified faculty or receive training through Office of Undergraduate Research.

RCR Requirements are Discipline Specific. Wright State Requires the Following**Note: the training material is discipline-specific as well.Codes: R=Required; D= sub-discipline specific. D= refers to certain studies within a discipline that the student is engaged in. For example, if it is an ecology project, then they would not need human subjects training or even safe lab practices. If the project is biomedical in a laboratory then human subjects, lab animals and safe laboratorypractices are required. If the box is blank then it is not required.

Module Biological Biomedical

Engi-neering

Arts &Human.

PhysicialSciences

Social &Behavioral

Res. Admin.

Intro to RCR R R R R R RAuthorship &Publication

R R R R R  

CollaborativeRes. with industry

D R   D    

Data Acquisition &Management

R R R R R R

Publication Practice

R R R R R  

CollaborativeResearch with others

R R R R R R

Conflict of Interest R R  R R R R

Mentoring/trainee R   R R R R

ResearchMisconduct

R R R R R  

Peer Review R   R R R  Human Subjects D D   D R  Lab Animals D D   D D  Safe Lab Practices D D   D    

Collaborative Research

• Roles and relationships

• Management

• Cross university

• Keeping up your end of the bargain

Data Acquisition, Management, Sharing and Ownership

• Acquisition- How do you collect the data and protect it?

• Management- Power analysis, statistics and other problems

• Who can see the data?

• Who owns the data?

Authorship and Publication

• What effort qualifies you for publication?

• Who goes first on the paper?

• Elements of a responsible publication.

• Practices to be avoided.

Publication Practices

• There are strategies to publication.

• There is an obligation to publish.

• If you commercialize, does that preclude publication?

Mentoring/Trainee Responsibilities

• Researchers are teachers

• The Student to Faculty Pathway

• Spending the time

• Mentors lead by example

• Trainees must put forth the effort

• Letting go

Conflict of Interest

Conflict of:

Research interest

Finances

Commitment

Personal

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Reporting and Managing

Research Misconduct

• Policy 2101• Reporting problems• Responding to problems• Confidentiality• The process• Timeliness• Agency concerns• Cleaning up the mess• Legal issues

Peer Review

• Meeting deadlines

• Assessing quality of

publication

grants

careers

• Judging importance

• Preserving confidentiality

Other Important Issues

• Protection of human subjects

• Laboratory animal welfare

• Laboratory safety

Questions/Further Information

Contact Research and Sponsored Programs:

e-mail: rsp@wright.edu

Telephone: (937) 775-2425

Web: http://www.wright.edu/rsp/rcr.html

Last updated: 9/21/10