Workshops, Outreach & Training

The REEP staff welcomes the opportunity to work with you to design and conduct educational sessions on all aspects of the responsible conduct and administration of research. Whether for a classroom; faculty, department or research team meeting; or a specifically sectioned session, we will collaboratively tailor our program to meet your needs.

If you have suggestions for workshop topics, please submit them to the email listed under 'Contact us' to the left.

• Animal Subjects
  When animal subjects are used for research discovery, researchers need to be familiar with the policies for the appropriate care and use of animals.
• Authorship
  Authorship is important to a researcher's reputation, academic promotion and grant support as well as strengthening the reputation of Indiana University. The determination of authorship must be done honestly and must be a true reflection of actual credit for intellectual work contributed by the individual to the final product.
• Collaboration
  In the modern realm of research, scientists collaborate with students and colleagues not only within their own institution, but as well as with other scientists outside of the institutions. The act of collaboration raises issues of trust, negotiation, and conflict-resolution involved in cooperation between scientists. Understanding the importance of shared values leads to strong research collaborations.
• Conflicts of Interest
  Conflict of financial interest, conflict of commitment, and conflict of conscience address ways that the interests of science and a scientist's own interests may come into conflict during the conduct of research, but it also addresses how these conflicts can be managed.
• Data Management
  Proper management and collection of data is essential to ensure reliable results and maintaining the quality, objectivity, confidentially, and integrity of the data.
• Environmental Protections and Safety
  Sponsors require written assurances that the Indiana University and those conducting research are in compliance with a myriad of federal, state, and local regulations, as well as meeting the guidelines of the sponsor. The safety programs related to research activities include Biological Safety, Chemical Safety, Radiation Safety, and Environmental Management.
• Export Control
  Federal laws contain numerous restrictions on the export of items, technology, and software. These rules can affect the research programs conducted by faculty, staff, and students at Indiana University.
• Human Subjects
  Human Subjects broaches the widely-recognized moral dimension of research with human subjects through ensuring the risk involved in participating in a research study does not outweigh the benefits by protecting with welfare of the individuals involved.
• Management of Research Funds
  Understanding and complying with spending guidelines and monitoring multiple sources of grant funding can be challenging. Indiana University has developed policies and procedures to help the researchers and administrators address the issues involved in managing grant funds to help them comply with requirements.
• Mentoring
  Many scientists learn the practical aspects of RCR from their mentors, but the mentoring relationship raises issues for both the trainee and the mentor.
• Misconduct
  Research misconduct relates to fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism that may arise during the conduct of research. Indiana University has policies and procedures in place for receiving and investigating reports of research misconduct.
• Peer Review
  Peer Review is key to the integrity of scientific publication by ensuring research proposals and publications meet the standards of the scientific professions. Thus, the demands of peer review raise issues related to ethical conduct and confidentiality.
• Publication
  Publication is a central mechanism of scientific communication, but it is also a means of attaining prestige and career advancement. The pressure to publish may encourage lapses in scientific integrity, and the process of publication itself raises issues of responsible conduct.
• Restricted Research
  Addresses the desire to participate in restricted research and the desire to maintain the open atmosphere of the university by confining restricted research to semi-autonomous units, which are not associated with any academic departments.
• Whistleblowing
  Research misconduct can put individuals or society at risk as well as having an affect on the information that is used for making medical or public decisions. Failure to report research misconduct can be considered a crime and can result in penalties. Indiana University has a whistleblower policy that addresses how the University protects the identity and the act of retaliation against whistleblowers.