Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research. In accordance with Section 7009 of the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Act (42 USC §1862o–1) NSF requires that the awardee must have a plan in place to provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) to undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who will be supported by NSF to conduct research. Training plans are subject to review, upon request. The awardee must designate one or more persons to oversee compliance with the RECR training requirement. The awardee is responsible for verifying that undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers supported by NSF to conduct research have received training in the responsible and ethical conduct of research, in accordance with the plan the awardee has put in place for their organization. The awardee shall ensure that these RECR requirements flow down to all subrecipients or are otherwise appropriately addressed in the subaward.
Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research. The responsible and ethical conduct of research (RCR) is critical for excellence, as well as public trust, in science and engineering. Consequently, education in RCR is considered essential in the preparation of future scientists. By accepting a NIFA award the grantee assures that program directors, faculty, undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and any staff participating in the research project receive appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research and that documentation of such training will be maintained. Grantees are advised that the documentation of the training are subject to NIFA review upon request. Note that the training referred to herein may be either on-campus or off-campus training. The general content of the ethics training, at a minimum, will emphasize three key areas of research ethics: authorship and plagiarism, data and research integration and reporting misconduct. Each institution will be responsible for developing its own training system, as schools will need flexibility to develop training tailored to their specific student needs. Grantees should consider the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) program for RCR (xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx.xxx). Typically this RCR education addresses the topics of: Data Acquisition and Management - collection, accuracy, security, access; Authorship and Publication; Peer Review; Mentor/Trainee Responsibilities; Collaboration; Conflict of Interest; Research Misconduct; Human Subject Research; and Use of Animals in Research.
Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research. The plan to provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research to faculty and other senior personnel who will be supported by NSF to conduct research will go into effect for new proposals submitted or due on or after July 31, 2023. In accordance with Section 7009 of the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Act (42 USC §1862o–1), as amended, NSF requires that the awardee must have a plan in place to provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) to undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and other senior personnel who will be supported by NSF to conduct research. Such training must include mentor training and mentorship. Training plans are subject to review, upon request. The awardee must designate one or more persons to oversee compliance with the RECR training requirement. The awardee is responsible for verifying that undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and other senior personnel supported by NSF to conduct research have received training in the responsible and ethical conduct of research, in accordance with the plan the awardee has put in place for their organization. The awardee shall ensure that these RECR requirements flow down to all subrecipients or are otherwise appropriately addressed in the subaward.
Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research. In accordance with Section 7009 of the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Act (42 U.S.C. § 1862o–1), as amended, NSF requires that each recipient institution must have a plan in place to provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) to undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and other senior/key personnel who will be supported by NSF to conduct research. Such training must include mentor training and mentorship. Training plans are subject to review, upon request. The recipient institution must designate one or more persons to oversee compliance with the RECR training requirement. The recipient institution is responsible for verifying that undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and other senior/key personnel supported by NSF to conduct research have received training in the responsible and ethical conduct of research, in accordance with the plan the recipient institution has put in place for their organization. 10 Any award in which all funds will be canceling (in accordance with 31 U.S.C. § 1552(a)) at the end of the federal fiscal year must complete final payment requests on or before the last day ACM$ is available for drawing down funds in September regardless of the award end date. The recipient institution shall ensure that these RECR requirements flow down to all subrecipients or are otherwise appropriately addressed in the subaward.
Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research. In accordance with Section 7009 of the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Act (42 U.S.C. § 1862o–1), as amended, NSF requires that the recipient must have a plan in place to provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) to undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and other senior/key personnel who will be supported by NSF to conduct research. Such training must include mentor training and mentorship. Training plans are subject to review, upon request. The recipient must designate one or more persons to oversee compliance with the RECR training requirement. The recipient is responsible for verifying that undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and other senior/key personnel supported by NSF to conduct research have received training in the responsible and ethical conduct of research, in accordance with the plan the recipient has put in place for their organization. The recipient shall ensure that these RECR requirements flow down to all subrecipients or are otherwise appropriately addressed in the subaward.
