The IRB reviews all proposed human subjects research in which the institution is engaged involving:  

          1. Intervention or interaction with human subjects

          2. Collection of identifiable private data on living individuals

          3. Data analysis of identifiable private information on living individuals

Click here to understand the IRB Process at UWSP. 

Contact irb@uwsp.edu for questions.​

The IACUC oversees the use of all vertebrate animal use sponsored by any unit of UW Stevens Point. A vertebrate is defined as any mammal (non-human), cold-blooded animals such as fish, reptiles and amphibians, and live eggs from birds, reptiles and other embroys therein.

Click here to understand the IACUC Process at UWSP.

Contact iacuc@uwsp.edu for questions.​

The IBC is charged with reviewing and monitoring all research and teaching activities by faculty, staff, and students that utilize biological infectious agents, toxins of biological origin, human or nonhuman primate products, and recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules. 

Click here to understand the IBC Process at UWSP.

Contact biosafety@uwsp.edu for questions.​

Background

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) has become a requirement for many U.S. federal funding agencies. The current federal agencies requiring RCR training are National Science Foundation (NSF), USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA), and National Health Institute (NIH). Training provides an in-depth review of authorship, collaborative research, conflicts of interest, human subjects, and research misconduct.

Scope

Any named personnel included in a federal grant submission to NSF, USDA-NIFA, or NIH are required to successfully complete RCR training prior to submission to the granting agency. This includes named principal investigators, co-investigators, key personnel, faculty/staff collaborators, undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers who will be participating in projects funded by these federal grant agencies.

After time of award, it is the principal investigator's responsibility to ensure all personnel working on the grant project have completed their certification. 

Certification requires renewal every 3 years in CITI, see below.

Procedure to complete training

UWSP uses the online CITI training program to satisfy federal Responsible Conduct of Research training requirements.

There are 8-11 modules to complete the course, depending on your field of study (Social & Behavioral, Physical Science, Humanities, Biomedical, and Engineers). Progress is saved and modules can be completed over multiple sittings if preferred. See CITI instructions for steps on enrolling in the RCR training.

When training is completed, upload a copy of the certificate to your RAMP record so it can be included in your federal grant submission. Certification requires renewal every 3 years in CITI.​

Additional Resources

• UW-Madison | Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
  
• NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation | Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research - Policies
  
• NIFA | Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
  
• ​​NIH Office of Intramural Research | Responsible Conduct of Research Training 
  

​Background

The current regulatory landscape informing the research enterprise includes serious growing concerns by the US Government regarding malign influence over federally funded research. To address the growing concerns around research security, U.S. federal regulations such as the National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33) and the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 require specific individuals involved in federally funded research to complete research security training. The training provides recipients of federal research funding with information on risks and threats to the global research ecosystem--and the knowledge and tools necessary to protect against these risks.

The U.S. government has defined “research security" as “safeguarding the research enterprise against behaviors aimed at misappropriating research and development to the detriment of national or economic security, related violations of research integrity, and foreign government interference."

Scope

This policy applies to all UW-Stevens Point personnel named as senior/key personnel, or individuals who are otherwise identified as "covered individuals" by an applicable federal agency, who engage in or propose to engage in federal sponsored projects with the National Science Foundation (NSF); US Health & Human Services (HHS), including the National Institutes of Health (NIH); US Department of Agriculture (USDA); or US Department of Energy (DOE). The policy scope may extend to include additional federal agencies as implementation plans are announced.

Any named personnel included in a federal grant submission to NSF, HHS/NIH, USDA, or DOE are required to successfully complete Research Security training prior to submission to the granting agency. This includes named principal investigators, co-investigators, key personnel, faculty/staff collaborators, undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers who will be participating in projects funded by these federal grant agencies.

After time of award, it is the principal investigator's responsibility to ensure all personnel working on the grant project have completed their certification. 

Certification requires renewal every year in Workday's Research Security Training, see below.

Procedure to complete training

UWS Research Security Training takes about 1 hour to complete and includes 4 modules: Introduction to Research Security, The Importance of Disclosure, Risk Mitigation and Management, and International Collaboration. Progress is saved and modules can be completed over multiple sittings if preferred.

The training is a condensed version of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) extensive Research Security Training (RST). This Condensed Training Module (CTM) was designed to meet federal RST requirements, while reducing administrative burden to better serve the university research community.

To complete training:

• Self-enroll in UWS - Research Security - Workday
• Alternatively, for steps to enroll in a Workday course, review Enrolling in Courses – Employee
• Complete all 4 modules, then save your certification of completion.
• The end of the course will have you type your name and Print. To save as a PDF, select the Printer as "Microsoft Print to PDF" or "Adobe PDF".
• Upload a copy of the certificate to your RAMP record so it can be included in your federal grant submission.
• Certification requires renewal every year in Workday's Research Security Training.
  
  

Additional Resources

• UW-Madison | Research Security Program | Research
  
• NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation | Research Security
  
• NIH Office of Intramural Research | IRP Research Security
  
• USDA Arrangements and Research Security
  
• Department of Energy | Research Security Training Requirement​