Graduate Education for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2004-2006) was a research and demonstration project sponsored by the Council of Graduate Schools and made possible by a contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Research Integrity (ORI).

The goals of the project, generally, were:

• To develop a core of graduate dean leaders in RCR on CGS member campuses
• To generate information about what works in RCR training of graduate students
• To document the results of the ten pilot projects in a monograph on best practices

Through the project, CGS provided 10 institutions with $15,000 awards to develop and test interventions and assessment strategies for the training of graduate students from the behavioral and biomedical sciences in the responsible conduct of research.

CGS created opportunities for awardees to share lessons and outcomes with the broader graduate community through meetings, workshops, and an active electronic forum. The leverage point for the training programs at each institution was the graduate school, and the graduate deans at the ten institutions, along with those at twenty-five other institutions affiliated with the project, collaborated to discover the best practices to achieve the goals of the project.

The project resulted in a monograph, Graduate Education for the Responsible Conduct of Research, which identifies best practices in responsible conduct of research education.

Graduate Education for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2006)

This publication identifies "best practices" in responsible conduct of research (RCR) education and is aimed at helping graduate deans, department chairs, and faculty members establish and sustain educational programs that foster RCR on their campuses.

Additional resources for the CGS Graduate Education for RCR (ORI) Project: 

• Graduate Education for RCR Awardees and Affiliates

For more information, please contact:

Daniel Denecke