ORI Updates

ORI and the University of California - San Diego are co-sponsoring a training workshop for RCR instructors on September 12-13, 2017.  Contact Tracey Randolph (Tracey.Randolph@hhs.gov) if you are interested in this opportunity to attend.

ORI found that Respondent engaged in research misconduct by knowingly and intentionally: (1) fabricating the results of the T-maze behavioral experiment for control mice, (2) falsifying the laboratory and vivarium entry logs in an effort to cover up his actions, and (3) reporting the fabricated and falsified data to his laboratory supervisors.

ORI found that Dr. Frank Sauer committed research misconduct in research supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health.

ORI funded the Professionalism and Integrity in Research Program (PI Program), the only remediation program for researchers who violate expectations for the responsible conduct of research.

ORI found that falsified and/or fabricated data were included in eleven figures in PLoS One 11(10):e0164378, 2016.

Four awardees from ORI's FY2016 Research on Research Integrity Program will be presenting at the 5th World Conference on Research Integrity.  ORI congratulates these awardees for their ongoing accomplishments.

ORI is accepting abstracts for the 2017 Quest for Research Excellence Conference.  Deadline is June 9, 2017

The 2017 Quest for Research Excellence Conference will be held on August 7-9, 2017 at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

A fellowship opportunity is currently available in the Division of Education and Integrity. The objective of the Fellowship is to develop skills that will help the participant advance in their professional goals. Under the guidance of a mentor, the selected participant(s) will develop several skills for communications, project management, evaluations, and other skills that can be applied to a broad range of careers.

February 20-22, 2017.  The APRI Network Meeting 2017 is co-hosted by the University of Hong Kong and the University of California, San Diego, and is partially funded by ORI. The meeting aims are to further multi-national awareness, understanding and opportunities for collaboration, and to create a sustainable, robust international partnership that will promote research integrity among the Asian and Pacific Rim countries in the long run.