ORSP has MOVED!

ORSP has moved to the first floor of Kiely Hall, Room 142. We expect to be in these offices until at least 2015. Space will be tight, so we ask that you please call ahead to make appointments for E-verification or to meet with grants officers.   

New Compliance Requirements Issued by Office of Vice Chancellor for Research

As per recent notices from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at CUNY, areas of potential research misconduct–specifically, plagiarism, falsification, and fabrication–and the issue of conflict of interest have received increased attention from funding agencies. Following are new CUNY requirements to further support an environment of ethical research. The dean of Graduate Studies and Research has issued the following policy to all faculty. We will be posting this under Policies and Procedures shortly.  

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Training

Effective August 1, 2012, all CUNY faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students who will be involved in research related activities, whether sponsored or unsponsored, must complete RCR online training prior to initiating the research; and provide a copy of the RCR online training completion report to the research integrity officer (provost's office at Queens College). In addition, principal investigators (including co-PIs) must provide a copy of the same completion report to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) at Queens College at time of submission* of an internal or external grant application, including PSC-CUNY and Queens College Foundation grant submissions. RCR online training is valid for five years and must then be retaken.  

Conflict of Interest (COI) Training and Financial Interest Forms

Effective August 24, 2012, the new CUNY requirement stipulates that “all investigators engaging in research related to any public health service (PHS) funded grant or contract are required to complete the CITI training in conflict of interest. In addition, a CUNY conflict of interest officer may require individuals to complete this course on a case-by-case basis.” PIs and co-PIs of PHS applications must provide a copy of the COI online training completion report to the conflict of interest officer (Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Queens College) and to ORSP at Queens College at time of submission* of an internal or external grant application, including PSC-CUNY and Queens College Foundation grant submissions. COI online training is valid for four years and must then be retaken.

In addition to the COI training, PIs, co-PIS, and subcontracting PIs must complete a CUNY Significant Financial Interest Disclosure Form when submitting a grant proposal or being granted an award.

RCR and COI training is provided online via the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) website at https://www.citiprogram.org/Default.asp.  Instructions for accessing CITI training modules are available at http://www.cuny.edu/research/compliance/training-education/citi-training.html.

*Queens College will allow for a transition period for the new requirements. From the requirement start date until June 30, 2013, PIs will have seven (7) days after proposal submission to file completion reports for RCR and COI online training with the respective campus officer and ORSP. Thereafter, the required training completion reports must be on file at time of proposal submission. We suggest that everyone complete training as soon as possible.

In addition to these requirements, we ask that all faculty become familiar with the export control regulations and procedures regarding research by looking at CUNY's Office of Research Compliance page on Export Controls.