Deadline: 30-Jul-2025
The Office of Research Integrity has announced its Ensuring Research Integrity Program – Development and Evaluation Program.
The purpose of the grant program is to support projects for the development and implementation of innovative approaches and tools to promote research integrity and prevent misconduct. This includes creating interventions based on empirical evidence, including findings from ORI-funded research, and tools to identify at-risk individuals or laboratories.
Priorities
- This program supports the creation and evaluation of interventions and assessment tools aimed at promoting research integrity. Projects may include:
- Development of Educational Resources:
- Creation of novel online training modules incorporating interactive scenarios to teach principles of research integrity.
- Development of engaging, in-person or classroom educational programs that promote the responsible conduct of research, prevent research misconduct, or encourages the reporting of suspected research misconduct.
- Creation of Risk Assessment Tools:
- Design, develop, and test assessment tools for principal investigators, department chairs, or other research administrators to evaluate the risk for individuals, laboratories, or research programs to engage in misconduct or detrimental research practices.
- Design, develop, and test assessment tool that examines institutional research culture or practices that impact or lead to potential research misconduct.
- Implementation and Testing of Intervention Programs:
- Pilot interventions designed to improve data management and record-keeping in labs, with pre- and post-assessment of research integrity.
- Implementation of mentorship and leadership training programs in research settings to foster a culture of ethical and responsible research.
- Development of Educational Resources:
Goals
- Goals for this opportunity include:
- Design and test interventions aimed at enhancing research integrity.
- Develop assessments to identify the risk of misconduct or detrimental research practices.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of these programs or tools in various research environments.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $ 150,000
- Award Ceiling: $75,000
- Award Floor: $50,000
- Estimated Period of Performance (months): 12
Eligibility Criteria
- Universities, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private institutions, and individuals are eligible to apply for an award under this announcement. Faith-based organizations and community-based organizations are eligible to apply. American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander organizations are eligible to apply.
- County governments
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Individuals
- State governments
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.