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Research Ethics & Responsible Conduct of Research

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

RCR is the ongoing process of reconciling regulations, guidelines, standards, and ethics to promote integrity in the proposing, planning, conducting, reporting, and reviewing of research. The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) oversees and directs Public Health Services (PHS) research integrity activities and provides a number of resources in support of responsible conduct of research.

    • Policies & Procedures at UMass Amherst

    • Educational Materials - The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) has developed a course on the responsible conduct of  research (RCR) that is available on-line.  The course covers the core RCR instructional areas including data management, conflict of interest, publication, authorship, peer review, collaboration, mentoring and research misconduct. The following course of instruction may be tailored to the needs of specific institutions and can be found at CITI Responsible Conduct of Research.

    • Additional RCR Resources

Contact Margaret Burggren at burggren@ora.umass.edu for more information.