Friends,
By law, all recipients of research grants from the NSF or the NIH are now
required to provide training in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
to all undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs who receive funding
from the grants, and to be able to document that this training took place.
For information on the NSF requirements, see:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/rcr/faqs_mar10.pdf . As far as I'm
aware the DOE and NASA are not (yet) subject to the same requirements, but
I'm not sure about that.
Up to now, Tufts has left it up to the individual investigator to fulfill
this requirement. The email below announces an RCR course to be offered
on the Boston campus this summer. I would encourage anyone receiving or
expecting NSF or NIH funding to consider enrolling your students and
postdocs in this course. Otherwise it's your responsibility to be provide
and document suitable training.
If there are enough people going from Medford, maybe we can get the Vice
Provost to arrange a shuttle. So let me know if you're signing up, and
how many.
Don't blame me, I'm just the messenger.
Roger
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From: Carle, Charlene
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Rothbaum, Fred M.; Mistry, Jayanthi; Ruane, Kim; Hasselblatt, Boris;
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Subject: FW: RCR Course Announcement, Summer 2011
Good Afternoon,
The Office of the Vice Provost has arranged for Dr. Jerry Faust, Associate
Professor of Physiology, to lead a course in the Responsible Conduct of
Research. The course will meet the NIH and NSF requirements for training
in the responsible conduct of research.
Professor Faust will be hosting the course every Thursday from
3:00pm-4:30pm starting on June 16 and going until August 11, 2011.
Attendees are required to attend all 9 sessions for full credit. This
course will be taught on the Boston Campus, the room will be announced
once we have confirmed the class size. Please note the attached tentative
schedule.
For more information on RCR at Tufts, please visit the Office of Research
Administration's webpage here:
http://viceprovost.tufts.edu/?pid=31
To sign up, please contact me at Jennifer Carland tufts edu<mailto:Jennifer
Carland tufts edu> with your name, your affiliation (student, clinical
associate, professor, etc), and your department. There is no fee for the course.
Please try to sign up by Friday, June 10.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Carland
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Jennifer Carland
Project Administrator
Tufts University, Office of the Vice Provost
T: 617-636-2725
jennifer carland tufts edu<mailto:jennifer carland tufts edu>
Office of the Vice Provost<http://viceprovost.tufts.edu/>
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