Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training for Postdoctoral Scholars – Day 1 of 2

This course is available for all UNCCH Postdoctoral Scholars regardless of your discipline.

Ongoing training in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) is mandated by all federal granting programs including NIH and NSF. The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs is offering a course that will satisfy the RCR training requirements for the NIH and NSF research grant applications. The primary goal for the course for Postdoctoral Scholars is to address RCR topics such as Publication Practices and Responsible Authorship, Mentor/Trainee Responsibilities, Research Misconduct, and Communication and Difficult Conversations as well as familiarize postdocs with offices on campus where they can get assistance or report a concern.

The following topics are covered during instruction over a 2-day period:

·        Conflict of interest

·        Policies regarding human subjects in research

·        Mentor/mentee responsibilities and relationships

·        Data management, sharing and ownership, privacy and security

·        Research misconduct and policies for handling misconduct responsible authorship and publication

·        Researcher as a responsible member of society, contemporary ethical issues

*Please note, this course is only available for UNC-CH Postdoctoral Scholars*

The course will take place over two days. 100% attendance across both days is required to receive the completion certificate.