CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH ON RESEARCH INTEGRITY Release Date: March 22, 2000 NOTICE: OD-00-022 Department of Health and Human Services The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will convene a conference on "Research on Research Integrity" in the Washington metropolitan area on November 18-20, 2000, to discuss "emerging challenges for the responsible conduct of research." Information on the conference can be found at http://ori.dhhs.gov Abstracts for papers and poster sessions are due by April 30, 2000. Preference will be given to research on research integrity, but interpretative literature reviews, theoretical papers, and identification of research areas with high potential for addressing (1) the responsible conduct of research, (2) the promotion of research integrity, (3) the prevention of misconduct, and (4) the handling of allegations of scientific misconduct are welcomed. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: data recording, data retention, data analysis, quality control, and the management of laboratories, authorship, plagiarism and publication practices, the detection, reporting, and investigation of alleged misconduct, respondents, whistleblowers, mentoring, postdocs, lab technicians and career pressures, confidentiality, retaliation, and the incidence of misconduct, the development of normative standards, responsible conduct of research training and elements of a research environment that promote integrity, the role of professional associations and scientific societies in promoting integrity, collaborative research, and the differential opportunity to commit research misconduct across scientific disciplines. Abstracts for papers and poster sessions are welcomed on programs to promote research integrity, ways to improve programs and assess their effectiveness, and research opportunities related to such programs. Plans for the conference were discussed during a meeting on November 18-19, 1999, in the Washington, D.C. area. Researchers from the following fields participated: management, biomedicine, organizational studies, deviant behavior, social psychology, and social studies of science. Also attending were senior staff from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the National Institutes of Health, and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Abstracts for the November 2000 conference must include a summary of the proposed presentation (including a bibliography) of no more than 1,000 words, and a r sum or biographical sketch not to exceed 100 words. Submissions by e-mail are strongly encouraged, if sent by regular mail please submit six copies. Abstracts will be refereed by a panel of reviewers. Successful applicants will receive a waiver of any registration fees. The deadline for abstracts is April 30, 2000. Successful applicants will be notified by June 1, 2000. INQUIRIES For further information contact: Nicholas Steneck, Ph.D. Office of Research Integrity 5515 Security Lane, Suite 700 Rockville, MD 20852 Email: nsteneck@osophs.dhhs.gov Telephone: (301) 443-2080


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