RCR Workshop Series for Postdocs and Faculty

The workshops are open to any interested postdoctoral scientist, mentor, research staff, faculty member, or senior graduate student, but the workshops should only be attended by students that have previously completed the GC 501 course. If you have any questions about the RCR Workshop Series for Postdocs and Faculty, please contact the Office of Research Integrity.

The RCR Workshop Series for Postdoctoral Scholars and Faculty was designed to address the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RCR training requirements (NOT-OD-10-019 and NOT-OD-22-055) and the NIH Rigor and Reproducibility (R&R) training requirements (NOT-OD-20-033 and NOT-020-090) for NIH grant awardees and applicants. Sessions that could count toward R&R Training are denoted with a double dagger (‡) following the title. More information from the NIH on R&R training can be found on the NIH FAQ. If you would like to include this workshop in your NIH application, a template is available for download. NIH Awards and Applications that require RCR and/or R&R training include D43, D71, F05, F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F37, F38, K01, K02, K05, K07, K08, K12, K18, K22, K23, K24, K25, K26, K30, K99/R00, KL1, KL2, R25, R36, T15, T32, T34, T35, T36, T37, T90/R90, TL1, TU2, and U2R, among others. The workshop also meets the National Science Foundation (NSF) training requirements (PAPPG) for faculty and senior investigators.

To meet the NIH/PHS requirements an individual needs to attend at least 8 sessions every 4 years throughout the period of their support on a specific training program. We recommend that you attend more sessions and continue to attend so that there is no need to renew your training.  If you are funded on a 6 year award and complete eight senior RCR sessions in the first 8 months of your support, you will need to complete additional sessions in year 4 of the support.   Additionally, if your support bridges stages of training, e.g., postdoctoral training in first 2 years and mentored faculty in years 3 through 4 for an K99/R00, you would need to complete 8 sessions in the first two years and an additional 8 session in years 3 and 4.

We recommend attendance beyond the minimum to assure that the NIH will view the training as continuous and not needing renewal.

We recommend that you attend at least 8 different topics, but we do not track the topics when determining if you met the minimum requirements for RCR training.

Please register on our new registration and attendance system from the session links below. You will see your dashboard and click on 'Workshop Registration' to find the list of sessions.

MonthDayDateTimeLocationTopic/RegisterSpeaker
SeptemberTuesday09/08/202611:30 am - 12:30 pmWest Campus-B8 PHARM (College of Pharmacy Building, Basement), 833 S. Wood St, Chicago, IL 606012Conflict of Interest and CommitmentAnees Fatima, Director, Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
SeptemberMonday09/14/202611:30 am - 12:30 pmEast Campus-1043 ERF (Engineering Research Facility, 1st floor), 842 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607Conflict of Interest and CommitmentAnees Fatima, Director, Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
OctoberMonday10/12/202611:30 am - 12:30 pmEast Campus-1043 ERF (Engineering Research Facility, 1st floor), 842 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607Scientific Heroism While Responsibly Conducting ResearchDr. Theresa (Terri) Thorkildsen, Professor of Education and Psychology, College of Education
NovemberTuesday11/10/202611:30 am - 12:30 pmWest Campus-B8 PHARM (College of Pharmacy Building, Basement), 833 S. Wood St, Chicago, IL 606012Navigating Scientific Publication in the 21st Century: Focus on IntegrityDr. Lisa K. Sharp, Associate Dean for Research and Professor, Department of Biobehavrioral Nursing Science, College of Nursing
DecemberMonday12/14/202611:30 am - 12:30 pmEast Campus-1043 ERF (Engineering Research Facility, 1st floor), 842 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607MentorshipDr. Stephanie Cologna, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
JanuaryTuesday01/12/202711:30 am - 12:30 pmWest Campus: TBDResearch MisconductDr. Justin (JT) Mohr, Research Integrity Officer and Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
FebruaryMonday02/08/202711:30 am - 12:30 pmEast Campus-1043 ERF (Engineering Research Facility, 1st floor), 842 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607Data Acquisition and AnalysisDr. Rachel Poretsky, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
MarchTuesday03/09/202711:30 am - 12:30 pmWest Campus: TBD Loose Lips Sink Relationships - the Importance of Confidentiality in Peer ReviewDr. Nancy Freitag, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzy College of Pharmacy
AprilMonday04/12/202711:30 am - 12:30 pmEast Campus-1043 ERF (Engineering Research Facility, 1st floor), 842 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607Planning for Different Types of Data Security: Protected Data in LLMs and Algorithmic Tools; Sharing Data Publicly and Securely; Working withing the DOJ Guidelines; and Data Security While TravelingAbigail Goben, Associate Chief Research Information Officer, Professor and Data Management Librarian, University Library
MayTuesday05/11/202711:30 am - 12:30 pmWest Campus: TBDTBDTBD
JuneMonday06/14/202711:30 am - 12:30 pmEast Campus - TBDTBDDr. Michael E. Ragozzino, Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
JulyTuesday07/13/202711:30 am - 12:30 pmWest Campus: TBDTBDTBD
August Monday08/09/202711:30 am - 12:30 pmEast Campus: TBDTBDTBD