March 2022
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) University Mandate
Beginning May 1, 2022, new Human Research protocols cannot be submitted to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for review and new Animal Research protocol submissions will be held from review until the RCR training requirement is met and/or untrained research personnel are removed.
Need more information on the University RCR mandate?

Click the button below to view our new video explaining the mandate, the requirements of the mandate, and the penalties. [5:50 minutes]
Not sure which CITI course to enroll in and complete?

Click the button below for our new interactive tool to walk through the steps of logging in to your UK CITI account and enrolling in the RCR course.
RCR Course Automatic Emails
Automatic emails are now being distributed from UK RCR to all personnel/graduate students that fall under the RCR requirement criteria, notifying individuals of the mandate or as a reminder to complete the course. Individuals will receive a reminder every 2 weeks until they are in compliance. Please see the RCR webpages for more information and step-by-step instructions:

  • Responsible Conduct of Research & Scholarly Activity (RCR) homepage [HTML]
  • Getting Started webpage for step-by-step instructions [HTML]
  • RCR FAQs [HTML]

Time for your Refresher course?
Questions on what you need to do to complete your RCR refresher course? Click the button to get started.
Update on Compliance by College
Complete your RCR training today!
As of March 29, 2022, we have 82.3% compliance across all colleges.

Thank you to all who have completed the training!

*Reminder: RCR training is annual. If you have completed the Basic course, a Refresher course must be completed yearly by your certificate expiration date to stay in compliance.
RCR Team
Watch this short video to learn more about RCR and why it is important!
In the News
Course corrections needed in peer review publication process

February 14, 2022
Research Matters
By Dr. Vikram Singh and Dr. Sukumar Kalvapudi

"In early 2020, as the world was grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists the world over were scrambling to characterise the novel pathogen. Research findings were being generated at an astonishing pace and within the first 6 months of the pandemic, nearly 61000 articles had been published!

The ominous flip side to this was that the sheer number of submissions completely overwhelmed the peer review process, particularly for medical journals. In their haste to publish the next important finding about the virus, journals apparently cut corners.

In May 2020, the Lancet retracted a paper that claimed that hydroxychloroquine was almost miraculously effective in treating COVID-19 (it isn’t)."
U.S. scientific research agencies tighten foreign affiliation rules
American effort responds to China's aggressive talent recruitment program

February 15, 2022
Roll Call
By Gopal Ratnam

"U.S. research institutions and universities are gearing up to implement steps announced last month by the Biden administration to ensure that scientists seeking federal grants are not beholden to foreign governments or interests.
 
The White House National Science and Technology Council issued a set of guidelines in January designed to ensure that scientists seeking federal grants do not have conflicts of interest stemming from their participation in foreign talent recruitment programs. The guidelines address a presidential national security memorandum issued in early 2021. 

That memorandum required any research institution receiving more than $50 million in federal science and technology grants in a year to certify that it has a research security program that can identify conflicts of interests."
U.S. Department Health and Human Services (HHS)
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
Research Misconduct Case Summaries
RCR Contacts:
Jen Hill
(859) 257-2978


Jenny Smith
(859) 257-7903
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