Key to our mission of promoting research excellence is the creation and implementation of key University policies. These policies address a wide variety of research issues and regulatory requirements, spanning all areas of research at CUNY.
This website contains valuable information, resources and educational opportunities for conducting research within the CUNY community. Please visit this site regularly and/or contact your college representative to learn about research compliance activities and education programming.
RCR Training
As stated in the Federal Register (Vol. 76 No. 160), a new RCR training requirement became effective as a result of NSF's implementation of Section 7009 of the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science. This section of the Act requires that "each institution that applies for financial assistance from the Foundation for science and engineering research or education describe in its grant proposal a plan to provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research to undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers participating in the proposed research project".
CUNY'S plan to meet NSF's educational requirement for RCR can be dowloaded (HERE)
CITI RCR Training
IMPORTANT
You MUST Register as a New (Separate) User
(even if you are already registered for Human Subjects modules) to access the Public Access CITI
Course in RCR (HERE). Once registered, you may return to the RCR modules through the link to the CITI Program Home Page.
Postdoc RCR Training Workshop
Information on RCR Training Workshops for Postdoctoral researchers is
available on our Postdoctoral Development Program Page which can be
accessed HERE
.
RESEARCH INTEGRITY OFFICERS
As outlined in the official CUNY Policy on
Research Misconduct, the President of each College within the
University has designated a Research Integrity Officer to receive
allegations of Research Misconduct involving faculty, staff, and/or
post-doctoral associates at the College.
The Research Integrity Officer (RIO) may be an administrator
or tenured faculty member at the College with experience in research
and has received appropriate training from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to carry out his/her responsibilities under this
Policy.
Each RIO is in charge of
providing training to faculty, staff, and/or post-doctoral associates
at the College.
Contact information of the current
Research Integrity
Officer for each College is available
HERE
"
The Role of the RIO
" - a video from the Office of Research Integrity, DHHS. In the video, four experienced RIOs, and three former and current members of ORI provide a broad overview of the knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of a RIO.
The next training session for University RIO's is scheduled for:
January 15, 2010
The Graduate School and University Center
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Rooms C201-202
The Office of Research Conduct has oversight responsibility
for the protection of the rights and welfare of all human subjects in
research projects conducted at CUNY, or by CUNY faculty, staff,
students, and RFCUNY staff, and for the 21 Institutional Review Boards.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY
The official CUNY Policy on Conflict of Interest (approved June 2008, effective July 2008) can be viewed
HERE
or downloaded as a Word document
HERE
Conflict of Interest Officers
The Conflict of Interest Officer (CIO) may be an administrator
or tenured faculty member at the College that has received appropriate training from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research to carry out his/her responsibilities under this
Policy.
Each CIO is in charge of promoting this policy and the need to disclose significant financial interests to faculty and staff at their College, and reviewing all disclosures in accordance this policy.
Contact information of the current Conflict of Interest
Officer for each College is available
HERE
