RCR Instruction at UNH

UNH uses the CITI Program online responsible conduct of research (RCR) and scholarly activity courses. The UNH RCR modules were retired on August 30, 2024.  To access a USNH CITI Program course individuals need to use University System of New Hampshire as their organization when logging into the CITI Program, not University of New Hampshire as the latter is not listed. See this guidance for accessing the CITI Program courses via USNH Single Sign On.

Individuals should choose ONE of the following RCR courses most appropriate for their discipline/field:

• Biomedical Sciences
• Engineering and Computing
• Humanities
• Physical Sciences
• Social, Behavioral, and Education Sciences

Each course consists of required modules on topics such as authorship, collaborative research, conflicts of interest and commitment, peer review, research misconduct, data management, plagiarism, and mentoring and healthy research environments as well as optional modules. Courses may be completed according to an individual’s own timeframe in more than one sitting. Individuals should allow several hours to complete the required modules in a course. The trainings do not expire.

Please email research.integrity@unh.edu with questions about the training requirement or the documentation of completion of training.

Graduate Course in Research Ethics

UNH offers a graduate course in research integrity once each academic year: GRAD 930 Ethics in Research and Scholarship. The next offering is Fall 2025. This is an interdisciplinary graduate seminar offered each Fall semester where students explore a wide range of issues related to the ethical conduct of research and scholarship. This course helps prepare students to conduct themselves as researchers in accordance with today’s standards for scientific integrity and professional ethics. Classes are predominantly discussion-based, relying on case analysis; guest speakers address topics from a variety of perspectives. Completion of this course meets the UNH Graduate School’s incoming PhD student RCR training requirement as well as the NSF’s and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s RCR training requirement. For more information, contact Julie Simpson.

Financial support for the development of this course has been provided by the Council of Graduate Schools and the Office of Research Integrity (ORI), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through a $15,000 Graduate Education in the Responsible Conduct of Research grant. This grant supported 100% of this project's costs.

Undergraduate Course in Research Ethics

UNH periodically offers an undergraduate course in responsible conduct of research once each academic year: INCO 490A (01) Fundamentals of Research Integrity.  Information about the course will be posted below when available. For more information, contact Julie Simpson.