Training Grants and Responsible Conduct of Research

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training Program

Partners Research Compliance Office
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The Partners RCR Program is required of all.

• Trainees, postdoctoral fellows, students and career-development recipients under award mechanisms (e.g., T32, F32, K08) identified in the NIH notice dated November 24, 2009; and
• NSF-supported students and postdoctoral fellows as identified in the Federal Register notice dated August 20, 2009.

Failure to complete the Partners program in accordance with the information contained on this web site may result in termination of support by the Partners hospital that has received the award.

The Partners program consists of three parts.

• PHS Seminar – offered two to three times per year alternating between the BWH and MGH campus.
• On-line training through the CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) RCR Modules that can be accessed by any computer with an Internet connection. CITI instructions are available on the CITI RCR Modules page.
• Participation in no less than four lecture/discussion offerings identified as eligible for RCR credit. Click here for Lectures/Discussions Groups Eligible for RCR Credit.

The PHS seminar and CITI requirements must be completed within 12-months of the NIH or NSF appointment date or, if a direct award, e.g., an F or K award, as of the award effective date. The lecture component must be completed within 12 months of attendance at the PHS seminar.

RCR Training Plan Description for Grant Applications
PIs and DAs should use the appropriate template to explain Partners training plans for Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

• New Institutional Training Grant (T32) Applications
• Renewal Institutional Training Grant (T32) Applications
• New Individual Training Grant (F or K series) Applications
• Renewal Individual Training Grant (F or K series) Applications

ORCD Professional Development Programs

The Office of Research Career Development offers programs, seminars and workshops that address five important development and training needs of researchers: Professional Skills Training; Information/Planning Sessions; Networking/Advancement/Recognition; Responsible Conduct of Research; and Work/Life Balance.
Click here for list of ORCD programs.

Career Development and Training Grants

"How to Write Winning NIH Grants" presented on June 22, 2011.
Click here to view Dr. Sylvie Breton's presentation.
Click here to view Dr. Nick Dyson's presentation.
Click here to view Dr. Gary Tearney's presentation.

Presented to the MGH GI Unit on November 17, 2010 by
Tayyaba Hasan, PhD
Professor of Dermatology
Director of the Office for Research Career Development.
Click here to view Dr. Hasan's presentation.

Preparing an NIH Grant in 2010

Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Center for Human Genetic Research
Click here to view Dr. Slaugenhaupt's presentation.

 

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