GRAMBLING STATE RECEIVES $700,000 NSF GRANT TO BROADEN RESEARCH ETHICS EDUCATION; Grambling State News, September 17, 2024

Grambling State News ; GRAMBLING STATE RECEIVES $700,000 NSF GRANT TO BROADEN RESEARCH ETHICS EDUCATION

"Titled “Fostering a Culture of Research Ethics and Integrity: An Institutional Transformational Project,” the project’s overarching goals are to promote a culture of research integrity and build robust research capabilities through more substantial training.

GSU will add to the current requirement for faculty and graduate students to complete specific responsible conduct of research (RCR) training modules via new, comprehensive, university-wide Department of Research Ethics and Integrity (DREI), that will be dedicated to advancing responsible and ethical research practices.

“The grant proposal was submitted to NSF’s Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) program, which has an aim to support fundamental research about what constitutes or promotes responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) — particularly research with human subjects as participants,” Jackson said. “In that, grant programs through NSF are generally very competitive, I wanted there to be little doubt about what we were aiming to do. So, the title explicitly indicated what our project is about”.

“As Grambling State is endeavoring to enhance its research profile, our goal is to strengthen the university’s research infrastructure through this comprehensive effort that will result in a new department — The Department of Research Ethics and Integrity (DREI)”

“The project aims to foster an atmosphere, whereby all persons understand the importance of conducting research ethically and responsibly by providing essential training,” Jackson said. “The implementation of more substantial training will aid in the continued building of robust research capabilities at our university.”

Jackson said that currently, only select members of the university community have to complete limited research ethics training (i.e., one or two online courses; required of faculty who submit grant proposals to particular federal agencies and students conducting dissertation or thesis research)."