Responsible Conduct of Research

UW Policy

• UW Policy for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct 2023
• UW Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Requirement
• University of Wyoming Code of Ethical Conduct

Online Training

• CITI Training 
• Instructions for CITI Training 

UW RCR Recorded Seminars

• Data Management & Electronic Lab Notebooks (11/09/2022)
• Conflicts in a Research Setting (10/12/2022)
• Research Misconduct (9/14/2022)
• IACUC & Cayuse Demonstration – 4/13/2022
• Science Communication: Why facts don't work (alone) - 3/9/2022
• Human Subjects Research (IRB) - 2/9/2022
• Data Management & UW Library Resources - 11/10/2021
• Authorship & Peer Review - 10/13/2021
• Research Misconduct - 9/8/2021
• Undue Foreign Influence - 4/14/21
• Export Control - 3/10/21
• Collaboration & Mentoring - 2/10/2021
• Animal Research (IACUC) - 10/14/2021

Additional Resources 

• Fostering Integrity in Research
• NSF - Plagiarism Investigations and Strategies to Prevent Plagiarism 
• On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research

Federal RCR Policies and Procedures

• National Science Foundation (NSF) 2023 Responsible & Ethical Conduct of Research
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Responsible Conduct of Research Policy
• NSF's Implementation of Section 7009 of the America COMPETES Act
• NSF's RCR Implementation in the Grant Proposal Guide "Certification Regarding Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)"
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Update on the Requirement for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research (NOT-OD-10-019)
• NIH Research Training website - contains information on instruction in RCR
• NIH Office of Research Integrity - contains RCR resources
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Responsible Conduct of Research Policy

Research Integrity Officers:

Carolyn Brandt, Director of Research Integrity & Compliance, Research Integrity Officer Carolyn.Brandt@uwyo.edu, 307-766-3621

Kevin Shimkus, Research Compliance Manager, Deputy RIO, KShimkus@uwyo.edu, 307-766-2002