The Summer 2022 Undergraduate RCR training will be offered in Brightspace, available starting May 16, 2022. To learn more about undergraduate RCR requirements and to enroll in the course, visit the Undergraduate Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training webpage. For more information on RCR, visit our RCR webpage.
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On April 14, 2022, an additional BIS Final Rule “Expansion of Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus Under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)” (PDF) was released in response to the ongoing aggression in Ukraine. The new rule expands license requirements for Russia and Belarus under EAR to all items on the Commerce Control List (CCL). For […]
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On March 3, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Final Rule adding sanctions against Belarus (PDF) due to the country’s ‘substantial enabling of the Russian Federation’s further invasion of Ukraine.’ For further information from ORC regarding U.S. sanctions and export controls in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, see U.S. […]
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The U.S. government has recently implemented a “sweeping series of stringent export controls” and expansive sanctions against Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. More details can be found at: U.S. Sanctions and Export Controls on Russia.
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The Office of Research Compliance has published the spring 2022 edition of the Research Compliance Newsletter. View the spring 2022 newsletter online. This edition includes the following topics: Welcome from ORC Director, Amanda Ashe Spotlight on Research Security New resources on the ORC website IACUC News: OLAW clarifies institutional responsibilities regarding NIH Grants Paula Portalatin named […]
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The Office of Research Compliance (ORC) invites you to subscribe to the new Research Compliance newsletter. The Research Compliance Newsletter is designed to keep the research community up to date on compliance topics and make it easier for researchers to gain and maintain compliance. The newsletter includes information on the full range of compliance areas, […]
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Dear Colleagues, Over the last year or so, I have shared a number of communications from federal agencies highlighting the U.S. government’s growing concern regarding inappropriate influence by foreign entities on federally funded research. Today, I am writing to share that the National Counterintelligence Security Center (NCSC) has released a Fact Sheet on Protecting Critical and Emerging […]
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On October 18, 2021, the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) released new guidance to clarify the requirements, responsibilities, timing, and conduct of the grant to protocol congruence review for NIH grant applications proposing research with live vertebrate animals. This update only applies to IACUC users. View the notice on the NIH website.
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Undergraduate students participating in NSF, NIH, and USDA-NIFA sponsored research are required to be trained in the Responsible Conduct of Research. Due to the pandemic, the Fall Undergraduate RCR training will continue to be offered online (the training is pre-recorded and not a live training). The training will be available at the link below and […]
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A new optional human subjects training module, titled “IRB Risk Assessment of Technologies in Human Subjects Research,” is now available on the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) web-based training platform. IRB Risk Assessment of Technologies in Human Subjects Research The use of technologies, such as mobile apps, wearable devices, artificial or augmented intelligence (AI), machine […]
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