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What is Research Ethics?
Why Teach Research Ethics?
Teaching Research Ethics: Getting Started

How to blow the Whistle and still have a career afterwards

We offer this article from NCPRE’s Director C. K. Gunsalus, which has been used in numerous RCR courses and by people facing hard decisions. Available for a limited time, with thanks to Springer.com https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-998-0007-0

CCAU Conferences

The annual CCAU Conference takes place in Chicago during the spring. This invitation-only conference is an opportunity to work with seasoned academic leaders to resolve the challenges of one or more academic units at your institution. Contact ethicsctr@illinois.edu for more information.

Maddox Prize 2019

Congratulations to Ivan Oransky, co-founder of our partners Retraction Watch, who was commended by the Maddox Prize Committee for his work “over many years, in highlighting the retraction of published papers.” See more about the prize, the winners, and other commendations on Twitter, @senseaboutsci .

HHMI collaboration

NCPRE is partnering with with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to create a professional development curriculum that equips all HHMI lab members to do their best research collaboratively and inclusively. Called “Labs That Work… For Everyone,” this project will provide HHMI scientists with tools to develop and sustain a lab culture that fosters research excellence, productivity, and strong interpersonal dynamics.

AGU-Sloan Grant

NCPRE is teaming up with the American Geophysical Union to launch The AGU Ethics and Equity Initiative: Catalyzing Cultural Change in the Sciences with New Resources and Tracking Tools. This initiative, a three-year grant awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, is designed to directly address sexual harassment and other gender discrimination matters through new educational resources and validated measurement tools. The new resources in this project are designed to allow for broad adaptation by the science community. Read more.

Leadership Collection

Each month we add more resources to our Leadership Collection, which was initiated with support from Nanyang Technological University.

Partnership with AGU

NCPRE is pleased to announce a new partnership with the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The partnership plans collaborative work on webinars, workshops, and online assets. More information will be online shortly.

Peer Review Standards in JAMA

We’re proud to see in the Journal of the American Medical Association a set of peer-review standards for research integrity investigation reports developed at a conference we co-hosted with the Center for Scientific Integrity.

AUDiT: new Academic Unit Diagnostic Tool

NCPRE offers a new tool for assessing the health of an academic unit, and helping troubled units return to business as usual.

NCPRE Offers Online Course: Professional IQ

NCPRE, in partnership with Coursera, is now offering Professional IQ, an online instructional in professional development and ethical decision-making.

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