RCR Fundamentals

These items constitute the fundamentals of responsible conduct of research. Trainees who have reviewed these items, and passed the included quizzes, can be certified by a school or department to have completed basic training in the responsible conduct of research.

• Introduction
  
  
• Data acquisition, management, sharing, and ownership
  

Keeping a Lab Notebook: Ownership of Data and Materials - presentation and quiz (PennKey required)

Collaborative Science- case study (PennKey required)


• Materials, their ownership, and material transfer agreements
  

Keeping a Laboratory Notebook: What You Need to Know From an Intellectual Property Perspective- presentation and quiz (PennKey required)


• Intellectual property, copyrights, patents, licenses, and technology transfer

Patent and Tangible Research Property Policies and Procedures

Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations in Technology Commercialization at Penn

Technology Transfer FAQ's



• Authorship and publication practices

  Reponsible Authorship - presentation and quiz (PennKey required)
  
  Penn Biomedical Graduate Studies Authorship Policy

Penn Policy On Fairness Of Authorship Credit In Collaborative Faculty-Student Publications

• Peer review
  

Peer Review Materials - presentation and quiz (PennKey required)

• Mentor/trainee responsibilities, and collaborative science
  

How to get the Mentoring you Want

• Human subjects
  

Penn Patient Oriented Research Certification Program (PennKey required)

The Ethics of Human Subject Research - presentation and quiz (PennKey required)

Frequently Asked Questions About IRB's



• Research involving animals
  

  Penn's IACUC Training for Institutional Animal Care (required)

  Penn's Orientation to Animal Research

  Penn's Hands on Animal Training

  Animal Experimentation: Ethical Arguments, Investigators and Institutional Responsibilities - presentation and quiz (PennKey required)
  

• Environmental safety: radiation, chemicals, and microbial agents
  

On Line Training Programs --
Radiation Safety and Laboratory Safety - on line training program

• Research misconduct
  

Misconduct in Science-presentation and quiz (PennKey required)

Penn Procedures Regarding Misconduct

Penn Procedures Regarding Misconduct in Research for Non Faculty Members of the Research Community

• Conflict of interest
  

Conflicts of Interest- presentation and quiz (PennKey required)

Conflicts of Interest- case study (PennKey required)

Penn's Layman's Guide to Conflict of Interest


• Preparing grant proposals

  SOM Grant Writing Manual
  
  
  NIH Grant Writing Tips
  

• Research administration: financial and personnel management

  Penn's Managing Sponsored Projects: A Quick Guide for Faculty

  UPHS Research Grant Pocket Compliance Guide
  
  Penn Preaward Quiz
  
  Penn Postaward Quiz
  
  Effort Reporting
  
  Effort Reporting for Business Administrators