International Research Integrity
NSF implementation of Section 7009 of the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Act requires that the Authorized Organizational Representative complete a certification at the time of proposal submission that the institution has a plan to provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research to undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers who will be supported by NSF to conduct research.
Additional information on NSF’s responsible conduct of research (RCR) policy is available in the Award and Administration Guide, Chapter IV.B. While training plans are not required to be included in proposals submitted to NSF, institutions are advised that they are subject to review upon request.
View NSF Responsible Conduct of Research.
With the increasing globalization of science and engineering research and education, and the associated issues related to the responsible conduct of research within a global context, NSF recognizes that projects involving international partners may present special risks and challenges.
The following resources are provided to assist in developing training and oversight plans for the responsible and ethical conduct of research in an international context and to understand the codes of conduct in other countries. NSF does not provide content or endorse these sites’ content, but provides them as possible resources. This list is not exhaustive; there are other relevant resources beyond this list.
Check the NSF Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for additional information.
U.S. Based Resources:
- Ethics in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Online Resource
Center (beta sites): ESENCe,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Online
Ethics Center, National Academy of Engineering
- Ethics
Education and Scientific and Engineering Research: What's Been
Learned? What Should Be Done? (Summary of a Workshop)
- Ethics Education
Library, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Internet Research
Ethics: Digital Library, Resource Center, and Commons
- Dept of
HHS, Office of Research Integrity
- Project
for Scholarly Integrity, Council of Graduate Schools
- Resources
for Research Ethics Education, UC San Diego
- Fogarty
International Center U.S. National Institutes of Health
- The National
Academy of Engineering
- Collaborative
Development of Ethics Across the Curriculum Resources and Sharing
of Best Practices, Univ of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
International
Resources:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Global
Science Forum (OECD/GSF) - Facilitating
International Research Misconduct Investigations Final Report and Investigating
Research Misconduct Allegations in International Collaborative
Research Projects - A PRACTICAL GUIDE
- International Council for Science (ICSU) - Science
and Society:
Rights and Responsibilities
- European Science Foundation (ESF) - SPB10 Good Scientific Practice, SPB30 Research Integrity, Fostering Research Integrity in Europe, Executive Report , and The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
- 2nd World Conference
on Research Integrity (July 2010) and Singapore
Statement on Research Integrity
- AUSTRALIA: Australian Code for Responsible Conduct for Research
- BRAZIL: First Brazilian Meeting on Research Integrity, Science and
and Publication Ethics (I BRISPE)
- CANADA: Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada)
- Ethics and Integrity Guidelines: Tri-Council
Policy Statement: Integrity in Research and Scholarship,
and Honesty,
Accountability and Trust: Fostering Research Integrity in Canada
- FRANCE: CNRS (French
Center for Scientific Research) - French text
for agreements
- GERMANY: German Science Foundation (DFG) Recommendations of the Commission
on Professional Self Regulation in Science
- UNITED KINGDOM: Research
Council of the United Kingdom (RCUK) Policy and Code of Conduct
on the Governance of Good Research Conduct; Developing
a Framework for Social Science Research Ethics; and Engineering
Subject Centre, United Kingdom