Biomedical Graduate Studies

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Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) and Scientific Rigor and Reproducibility (SRR)

Each RCR training cycle must be completed by June 1 of the academic year.  BGS tracks your participation in order to verify faculty contact to the NIH; tracking is accomplished for each mode of training as follows:

• You must sign in at Orientation and for Workshops;
• You must log in to the KnowledgeLink portal; or
• Your Principal Investigator must file web-based documentation for the RCR-dedicated Lab Meeting.

First year (10.5 hrs with faculty contact)

• Lecture and Workshops at Orientation: An overview of RCR (0.5 hr), followed by sessions on Data Acquisition and Management, Laboratory Notebooks (traditional and electronic) (2 hr), and on Professionalism, including Mentor/Mentee Responsibilities (2 hr). Trainees also participate in several workshops including three on Menotorship, Wellness, and Inclusive Culture (2hrs each).
• Online module (1 hr):  Responsible Conduct of Research BGS 1st Year (via KnowledgeLink)

Second year (3 hrs with faculty contact)

• Workshop (1.5 hr):  Research misconduct (including plagiarism), Data management, and Inclusivity, Diversity & Equity in Science (Spring)
• RCR-dedicated Lab Meeting (1.5 hr): Topic chosen by Principal Investigator.
• Online module (1 hr):  Responsible Conduct of Research BGS 2nd Year (via KnowledgeLink)

Third year (3 hrs with faculty contact)

• Workshop (1.5 hr): Collaborative science, Mentorship, and Animals and Humans in research (Spring)
• RCR-dedicated Lab Meeting (1.5 hr): PI chooses topic.
• Online module (1 hr):   Responsible Conduct of Research BGS 3rd Year (via KnowledgeLink)

Fourth year (3 hrs with faculty contact)

• Workshop (1.5 hr): Conflict of interest, Responsible authorship/publication and Peer review, and Scientist as responsible member of society (Spring)
• Online module (1 hr):  Responsible Conduct of Research BGS 4th Year (via KnowledgeLink)
• RCR-dedicated Lab Meeting (1.5 hr): PI chooses topic.

Fifth year (1.5 hrs with faculty contact)

• RCR-dedicated Lab Meeting (1.5 hr): PI chooses topic.

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Each RCR training cycle must be completed by June 1 of the academic year.  BGS tracks your participation in order to verify faculty contact to the NIH; tracking is accomplished for each mode of training as follows:

• You must sign in at Orientation and for Workshops;
• You must log in to the KnowledgeLink portal; or
• Your Principal Investigator must file web-based documentation for the RCR-dedicated Lab Meeting.

First year (MS 1) (1 hour with faculty contact)

• Lecture: Overview of RCR (typically during a lunch meeting in September)
• Online:  Responsible Conduct of Research BGS 1^st Year (via KnowledgeLink) 

Second year (MS 2) (6 hours with faculty contact)

• Lecture and discussion during Case Studies and Translational Research (CSTR) seminar (Fall

Third year (PhD 1) (7 hours with faculty contact)

• Workshop:  Research misconduct, data management, and mentor/mentee relationships (Spring)
• Online:  Responsible Conduct of Research BGS 2^nd Year (via KnowledgeLink)

Fourth year (PhD 2) (3 hours with faculty contact)

• Workshop: Collaborative science, use of animals in research, and use of humans in research (Spring)
• Online:  Responsible Conduct of Research BGS 3^rd Year (via Knowledgelink)
• RCR-focused lab meeting: Topic(s) to be chosen by Principal Investigator

Fifth year (PhD 3) (3 hours with faculty contact)

• Workshop: Conflict on interest, responsible authorship/publication, peer review (Spring)
• Online:  Responsible Conduct of Research BGS 4th Year (via KnowledgeLink)
• RCR-focused lab meeting: Topic(s) to be chosen by Principal Investigator

• RCR-focused lab meeting: Topic(s) to be chosen by Principal Investigator

Final year (MS 4) (26 hours with faculty contact)

• Bioethics and Professionalism week-long course: Confidentiality, informed consent, conflict of interest, and professionalism

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