To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Grad Students
<everybody@illinois.edu>
From: "Ravi K. Iyer" <ovcr@illinois.edu>
Reply-To: ovcr@illinois.edu
Subject: MASSMAIL - Annual Message on Res Integrity Policies-Fall 2010
<![CDATA[To: Faculty, staff, and students who conduct research
From: Ravi Iyer, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
For compliance purposes, federal and state sponsors of research require
that all faculty, staff, and students engaged in sponsored research be
informed regularly about campus policies on research integrity.
The University-wide procedures for addressing particular instances of
unethical conduct in research and publication are available on the Web at:
http://www.vpaa.uillinois.edu/Policies/integrityresearch/index.cfm
Under this policy, all members of the University community are expected to
observe high standards of academic integrity and ethical behavior in
research and publication. Any practice or conduct by a member of the
University community that seriously deviates from those ethical standards
for proposing, conducting, and publishing research that are commonly
accepted within the professional community constitutes academic misconduct
in violation of University policy.
Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
a. Fabrication or falsification of data, including intentionally
misleading, selective, or deliberately false reporting of credentials or
other academically related information;
b. Unacknowledged appropriation of the work of others, including
plagiarism, the abuse of confidentiality with respect to unpublished
materials, or misappropriation of physical materials;
c. Evasion of or intentional failure after notice by the University or
federal, state, or another appropriate agency to comply with research
regulations or requirements, including but not limited to those applying
to human subjects, laboratory animals, new drugs, radioactive materials,
genetically altered organisms, and to safety; and
d. Other conduct which seriously deviates from accepted ethical standards
in scholarship.
In addition, as part of the America Competes Act, the NSF has implemented
a responsible conduct of research (RCR) training requirement for
undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral researchers supported by NSF
funding. The respective PI's are responsible for identifying personnel
supported by NSF grants that require RCR training, as well as documenting
the specific training provided and completion date for each individual.
Please note RCR training module within the Collaborative Institutional
Training Initiative (CITI) is now available to UIUC researchers as one
option for completing this requirement. This utility has been customized
for use by campus personnel according to their interests/specialties in
the biomedical, social and behavioral, physical sciences, or humanities
disciplines. Each course includes basic required modules, plus a number
of electives in a variety of interest areas. Upon completion, the
participant may print a completion report. The latter will be useful in
cases where certified training is required, such as for the NSF or other
college/department applications. The condensed instructions for the CITI
module are enclosed below.
Other related information:
The official campus statement on "Responsible Professional Conduct:
Guidelines for Teaching, Research, and Service" is printed in the ACADEMIC
STAFF HANDBOOK, available on the Web at:
http://www.ahr.uiuc.edu/ahrhandbook/chap5/Default.htm
The statement is also printed in the "Graduate College Handbook for
Students, Faculty and Staff," available on the Web at:
http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/gradhandbook/chapterI/section03.asp
If you have questions about these policies, please contact Howard Guenther
at 333-0030 or rsofficer@illinois.edu.
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Module
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Instructions
1. Proceed to the following web site:
http://www.citiprogram.org/
2. If this is your first visit, set up a new account by clicking
on "Register Here" and follow the instructions. If you already have an
account, login by providing your Username, Password, and clicking
on "Submit."
3. On the "Main Menu" page, click on link for "View University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign instructions page" and note the basic process:
a. Click on the "add a course or update your learner groups" link;
b. For the RCR training section, proceed to "Question 3."
c. Enroll in a "Learner Group" appropriate to your interests; for RCR
training these include:
Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research Course
Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research Course
Physical Science Responsible Conduct of Research Course
Humanities Responsible Conduct of Research Course
d. Click on "Go Back to Learner's Main Menu"
4. The "Learner's Menu" lists your course options; identified are core
areas and the option to access a number of case studies:
a. Click on the red link (Enter or Re-Enter) to Begin/Continue the Course;
b. Complete the "Integrity Assurance" module;
c. Complete the required modules (estimated time 15 minutes)
d. Complete any twelve (12) of any "Elective" modules that interest you
(estimated time 5-20 minutes per module;
e. When all of the required modules are completed, you may print your
completion report through the "Print" link in the Learner's Menu.
5. The minimum "passing" grade has been set by the Research Integrity
Officer (RIO) at the UIUC; if you want to improve your score on a quiz,
you may repeat any section.
6. Print or download a "Course Completion Report" which may be required
by your department or your research advisor; a copy is automatically sent
to the UIUC RIO.
7. You may return to the course site to complete other sections or to
obtain a copy of the completion report.
Howard Guenther
UIUC Research Integrity Officer
August 2010
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The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
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