102 Roudebush Hall • Phone: 513-529-3600• Fax: 513-529-3762

Survival Skills and Ethics Program (RCR seminar series)

This semester, we are launching an exciting program specifically tailored for MU faculty on RCR entitled the Miami University RCR Faculty Development Initiative-Survival Skills and Ethics Program! This program, which is being funded through a grant by the University of Pittsburgh and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will consist of a series of workshops that will focus on several key areas related to ethical conduct in research and will also address how to be successful in an academic environment. The topics will include the following:

1) Research Ethics 101-Implementing Responsible Conduct of Research Skills in Your Classroom
2) Conflicts of Interest and Intellectual Property
3) Mentoring in Academia: How to Seek An Effective Mentor for Junior Faculty
4) Developing and Establishing Your Research and Scholarship Agenda (Sciences)
5) Developing and Establishing Your Research and Scholarship Agenda (Social Sciences & Humanities)
6) Writing for Research Publication: The Role of Responsible Authorship
7) Research Misconduct
8) Data Management and Record Keeping Skills for the Sciences
9) Data Management and Record Keeping Skills for the Social Sciences
10) Interdisciplinary Research: How to Work with Multiple Authors & Research Teams

Participation in the RCR-Survival Skills and Ethics Program is through registration only and space for each seminar is limited to 20 persons each to allow for interaction and discussion. A light lunch will be provided. All seminars will be held in the Shriver Center from 12-1:30 pm. To register to attend one of the seminars and for a listing of dates and room locations, feel free to contact Dr. Jhan Doughty Berry at 529-3600 or send an email inquiry to: responsibleresearch@muohio.edu.

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