National Institute of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
UWF Responsible Conduct in Research Plan Statement in Accordance with:
Public Law 110-69 America Competes Act Title VII--National Science Foundation, Sec. 7009. Responsible Conduct of Research
The Director shall require that each institution that applies for financial assistance from the Foundation for science and engineering research or education describe in its grant proposal a plan to provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research to undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers participating in the proposed research project.
UWF requires each undergraduate student, graduate student, and postdoctoral researcher supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored research complete and provide certification for pertinent responsible conduct in research training. Certification is provided through completion of training modules of the Online Research Ethics Course developed with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Research Integrity (ORI) support in conjunction with the University of Montana.
- All required employees must complete Sections 1-4: Ethical Issues in Research; Interpersonal Responsibility; Institutional Responsibility; and Professional Responsibility. Sections 5 and 6, Animals in Research and Human Participation in Research, are required as applicable and determined by the Principal Investigator.
- Certification must be completed within the first 30 days of employment.
- Training completion is monitored by the PI and RSP.
- The above Section Six module does not meet the training requirements for the UWF Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Research Participants (IRB). See the IRB website for requirements when doing research using human participants.
- PIs should reference the UWF Responsible Conduct in Research Plan in their statements of Broader Impact, Intellectual Merit and Program Plan as evidence of compliance with this requirement.