Per NIH policy, eight hours of face-to-face RCR training is required for all trainees, fellows, participants, and scholars receiving support through any NIH training, career development award (individual or institutional), research education grant, and dissertation research grant. The policy applies to the following programs: 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. This policy also applies to any other NIH-funded programs supporting research training, career development, or research education that require instruction in responsible conduct of research as stated in the relevant funding opportunity announcements. For questions about this policy, please reach out to the RCR Education Office, rcr@uconn.edu.

November 2026 RCR Training Series

The RCR Education Office hosts a twice-annual RCR training series, in February and November. The next RCR Training Session Series will take place during the month of November, presented live via Teams. All sessions are one hour long, including both presentation and discussion/Q&A. You will need to attend at least 8 hours of unique presentation material to fulfill the NIH RCR training requirement. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email.

Please note: Sessions start promptly. Latecomers risk not receiving credit.

Date	Time	Session Name	Presenter	Registration Link
Monday, 11/2	12:00-1:00 PM	Research Misconduct	Meg Johson, Director, Conflict of Interest and Research Integrity	Teams Registration Link
Tuesday, 11/3	12:00-1:00 PM	Managing Mentoring and Peer Relationships	Cinnamon Adams, University Ombuds	Teams Registration Link
Wednesday, 11/4	12:00-1:00 PM	Best Practices in Data Management for Responsible Research	Renée Walsh, STEM Librarian, UConn Library	Teams Registration Link
Thursday, 11/5	12:00-1:00 PM	Plagiarism and Proper Citation	Jason Nicosia, Associate Systems and Technology Administrator, UConn Health Library	Teams Registration Link
Monday, 11/9	12:00-1:00 PM	Peer Review	Laura Haynes, Professor of Immunology, UConn Health	Teams Registration Link
Tuesday, 11/10	12:00-1:00 PM	Research Security & Export Control	Lesley Salafia, Director, Research Security Mike Shelton, Export Control	Teams Registration Link
Thursday, 11/12	12:00-1:00 PM	Human Subjects, Animals in Research, and Safe Lab Practices	Andrea Collins, Director, Human Research Protection Program   Melanie Lucas, Director, Animal Research & Safety	Teams Registration Link
Monday, 11/16	12:00-1:00 PM	Conflicts of Interest and Commitment	Meg Johson, Director, Conflict of Interest and Research Integrity   Michael Glasgow, Associate Vice President, Sponsored Program Services	Teams Registration Link

 

For questions, please contact the RCR Education Office, rcr@uconn.edu.