NIH requires that all trainees, fellows, participants, and scholars
receiving support through any NIH training, career development award (individual
or institutional), research education grant, and dissertation research grant
must receive instruction in responsible conduct of research.
Responsible Conduct of Research: Description for Training Grants
There
are several ways to fulfill the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
requirements for the NIH. There are the CLSC courses 7150 (Ethics) and 7151 (Responsible Conduct of Human Research), the
PHCL course 7605 (Ethics in Research), and the BIOS course 7605 (Ethics: Computational Bioscience Research). All of these courses
independently fulfill the 8 hour requirement. The new lecture series developed
by the UCD Office of Regulatory Compliance is another way to fulfill the
NIH requirement. If a student, researcher or clinical research
professional has completed the CLSC, PHCL or BIOS course and would like to
attend the new RCR lectures they are welcome to but it is not required.
Course Content
Your Scientific Reputation - Being a Responsible Member of Society
Research Misconduct
Mentor/Mentee Responsibilities and Collaborative Research
Translational Research - From Cell-Lines to Animals to People
Data Acquisition and Statistical Analysis
Safe Laboratory Practice and Laboratory Tools
Responsible Authorship, Publication, and Plagiarism
Peer-Review of Grants and Papers
Conflict of Interest