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Policy, Regulation, and Guidance
Ethical and responsible conduct of research is essential for excellence, as well as public trust, in science. SMU supports its research community in upholding the highest ethical and professional standards in carrying out its work and imparting these standards to future generations of scientists and researchers through education and training. SMU offers Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training in alignment with requirements provided in 42 U.S.C § 18620-1, updated by America COMPETES Act (2022), as amended by the CHIPS and Science Act (2022), and detailed in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG).
Questions? Contact Research Integrity & Compliance (RIC) at
- National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures
- National Institute of Health (NIH) Notice Number: NOT-OD-10-019, “Update on the Requirement for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research”
- On Being a Scientist (National Academy of Sciences): provides additional information on the responsible and ethical conduct of research
- The Lab - Avoiding Research Misconduct - an interactive movie by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Research Integrity
- ORI Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research, Revised Edition (Aug. 2007) - Nicholas H. Steneck, Ph.D., Illustrations by David Zinn
- On Being A Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct In Research, Third Edition - Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009
- Misconduct of Others: Prevention Techniques for Researchers - Jane A. Steinberg. Observer, a publication by the Association for Psychological Science, Vol. 15 No. 1 (January 2002)