RCR Courses and Education
CSU promotes outstanding research and scholarly activity performed in a manner that models ethical professional behavior. The university has a number of course listings that focus on Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) and meet federal standards for providing trainees with formal ethics training.
CSU RCR COURSES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:
PHIL 666: Science and Ethics. Spring (odd years). Ethical issues of research on humans and animals; biosafety; fraud and deception in science; genetic engineering. 3 credit hours.
BC 601: Responsible Conduct in Biochemistry. Fall (even years). Design of experiments; error and fraud; publishing/grant application submission, scientific misconduct, classic examples of fraud, case studies. 1 credit hour.
BMS 610: Managing a Career in Science. Fall. Survival skills for coursework; survival skills for research. 1 credit hour.
MIP 654: Research Policies and Reguations. Fall. Reviews CSU and federal policies, rules, and regulations on integrity, use of humans and animals, authorship, data, genetics, ect., using case studies. 1 credit hour.
CHEM 580: Responsible Conduct in Chemistry Research. Spring. Scientific misconduct, fraud, publishing and intellectual property, ethics of job hunting and negotiating, case studies, social responsibility of scientists. 1 credit hour.
If you would like assistance in developing an RCR course, contact Research Integrity and Compliance Review Office (RICRO). phone: (970).491.1553
EXTERNAL LINKS FOR MORE RCR TRAINING:
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Integrity in Scietific Research.
http://www.aaas.org/spp/video/
California State University. Long Beach. Responsible Conduct of Research Orientation Program.
http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/research/our/compliance/orientation/modules/
North Carolina State University. Instructional Modules in Research Ethics.
http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/ethics/
Oregon Health & Science University. Research Development & Administration. Responsible Conduct of Research Education.
http://www.ohsu.edu/research/rda/rcr.shtml
Stanford University. Principal Investigator Responsibilites at Stanford University.
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR/PIship/
University of Michigan. Office of the Vice President for Research. Program for Education and Evaluation in Responsibile Research and Scholarship (PEERRS).
http://my.research.umich.edu/peerrs/
University of New Hampshire. Responsible Conduct of Research.
http://www.unh.edu/rcr/
University of Pittsburgh. Education & Certification Program in Research & Practice Fundamentals (RPF)
http://cme.hs.pitt.edu