The RCR Faculty Toolkit provides guidance for communicating RCR training requirements to trainees, participating in RCR sessions, writing RCR program descriptions for grant applications, planning and monitoring completion of informal RCR instruction, and tailoring RCR topics and instruction for various research roles.
If you scroll down this page, you will find the following topics within this toolkit:
- Institutional and Federal RCR Requirements
- Faculty Roles and Participation in RCR
- Tailoring RCR Topics and Instruction
- RCR Topic Outlines
Institutional and Federal RCR Requirements
On July 1, 2010, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Research Institute announced updated RCR training requirements in compliance with changes to federal RCR requirements. Updates are listed below:
- CHOP RCR Policy and Plan (Active Directory Log-in Required)
- NIH Policy – Updated RCR Requirement (NOT-OD-10-019)
- NSF RCR Requirement
- NIH Policy – Separate RCR Instruction Plan Page Limit for K Awards (NOT-OD-11-059)
Faculty Roles and Participation in RCR
Effective RCR training involves active leadership by faculty who share a commitment to foster research integrity as a core institutional value. The resources below are designed to support faculty in participating as RCR session moderators, panel members or discussion leaders, preparing RCR training plans for various types of grant applications, facilitating informal RCR learning experiences and monitoring completion of informal RCR requirements.
- PIs and the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR): What’s Your Role in RCR Education?
- The CHOP Research Institute RCR Program: Opportunities for Faculty Participation
- The CHOP Research Institute RCR Session Agendas
- The CHOP Research Institute RCR Grant Template Language
- Informal RCR Instruction Strategies and RCR Tracking Form
Tailoring RCR Topics and Instruction
The links below provide materials for specific research roles.
- Postdoctoral Fellows – National Postdoctoral Association
- Clinical Research Ethics – Educational Materials (CTSpedia)
- American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists
- Problems and Standards in Research Ethics: Scenarios and Situations Common in Medical Schools – Online Ethics Center for Engineering
- Moral Issues in Scientific Research: Cases for Teaching and Assessment – The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions
RCR Topic Outlines
Use these topics outlines to design and deliver RCR education for research trainees, lab personnel and study team members. Each outline includes an Introduction, Key Questions, Federal Policies and Regulations, Case Studies, Video Vignettes, Self-Study Materials, Books, Reports, Articles, and access to Institutional Guidelines.
- Authorship and Publication Practices
- Collaborative Science
- Conflicts of Interest and Commitment
- Data Responsibilities - Acquisition, Management, Sharing and Ownership
- Intellectual Property
- Mentor and Trainee Responsibilities
- Peer Review
- Research Involving Animal Subjects
- Research Involving Human Subjects
- Research Misconduct
- Researcher in Society
- Safe Laboratory Practices