Complementary Policy on the Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship
Background
Stony Brook University policy P211 requires members and specific Stony Brook University
guests to complete
educational training on the responsible conduct of research and scholarship (RCRS)
to equip members with the tools
necessary to conduct ethically sound and compliant research and scholarship.
While this campus policy originates in response to National Institute of Health (NIH)
and National Science Foundation
(NSF) training requirements, it is the opinion of the University that training on
responsible conduct of research and scholarship should be more comprehensive. Jointly
issued by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Senior Vice-President for Health
Sciences, and the Vice-President for Research, the policy requires each academic unit
to developits own Complementary Policy for implementing P211 to allow for the most
appropriate requirements for the faculty, staff and students of that academic unit.
All persons receiving external grant support from an agency with a RCRS training requirement
must meet agency
policies should they exceed minimum Stony Brook University requirements.
Stony Brook Policy P211: Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship (RCRS) ensures the highest ethical
standards for the conduct of research and scholarly activities on our campus. The
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) Complementary Policy will ensure
for compliant completion of RCRS training for CEAS faculty, post-doctoral associates,
research staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students involved in Research
and Scholarship.
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Training Requirements
RCRS compliant training comprises on-line training and in-person training. The policy
set forth by individual
departments specifies training components and frequency.
- On-line training: Web-based Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
training is a one-time
training; satisfactory completion is recorded on personnel records in the Stony Brook PeopleSoft system.
The CITI system has multiple training modules available; each department within CEAS determines
appropriate module(s) for its personnel and students. - In-person training: minimum requirements must meet external funding entity requirements,
as determined
by each department.
Identifying and notifying faculty, staff, and students of IPT
Procedures for identifying and notifying faculty, staff and student of IPT are set
forth by and are the responsibility of
the individual departments.
Please note for NIH grant recipients:
- On grants where a trainee is Principal Investigator, the named faculty mentor retains
responsibility for the
trainee's compliance with RCR training requirements. - On grants where a trainee is Principal Investigator, and there is no named faculty
mentor (e.g., K05,K12,
K18 KL2 and TU2 programs), the relevant department chair retains responsibility for the trainee's
compliance with this RCRS training requirement
Record keeping
- Any activity intended to satisfy the RCR training requirement must be supported by
appropriate
documentation (attendance, topics covered, etc.) in a departmental database. - Each department within the College is responsible for identifying who will be responsible
for departmental
record keeping of accurate, verifiable information regarding individuals' IPT completion data. - IPT participation will be kept in the office of the Dean and maintained by the Associate
Dean for Research
in coordination with a representative of each department within the College. - Each individual is responsible, as determined by the home department, for entering
his or her own
continuing IPT activity in the RCRS database (TBD). This database records the general content of IPT
discussions (the areas of RCRS covered), the time spent on each topic, and the attendees. - CITI training completion data will be furnished to individual departments twice annually,
as determined by
departments.
Department Policies
Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Informatics
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Technology & Society
See Attachment A for Stony Brook Policy P211: Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship or view
here.
See Attachment B for details on accessing the CITI website or view here.