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Teaching Research Ethics: Getting Started

The Importance of Training for Inclusive Leadership

As today’s grad students and postdocs eventually enter the workforce in research, education, business and advocacy, it will be key to career success and equity in science, writes Jessica A. Hutchins. Click here to access Hutchin’s article.

Big Ten Academic Alliance Virtual Conference

Click Here to access the talks from the Big Ten Academic Alliance Virtual Conference

Post-doctoral Research Associate

The National Center for Professional and Research Ethics (NCPRE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is offering a post-doctoral fellowship for Ph.Ds in a range of fields, as we build leadership development programs focusing on those in research environments, with some emphasis on STEM fields. Full descriptions here.

APPE Seeks New Executive Director

The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics is seeking a new executive director. Check for more detail here.

CCAU Conferences

The invitation-only annual CCAU 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.

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.

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: Academic Unit Diagnostic Tool

NCPRE offers a 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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