The Georgia Tech RCR Compliance Policy is intended to meet the RCR training requirements of federal funding agencies and other sponsors. The applicability criteria contained within the policy may expand to cover other groups of researchers and sponsors in the future. The policy currently covers:

The RCR Compliance Policy applies to all students who participate in Tech’s President’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) Program.

The RCR Compliance Policy applies to all undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars, whether as an employee, GRA, or other trainee, funded by new NSF proposals submitted, or due, on or after Jan. 4, 2010, to conduct research. It excludes, for example, conference, symposium, workshop, or travel proposals. The policy also applies to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) fellows funded by Fellowship Offers effective with the 2010 competition. 

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Beginning with new proposals submitted or due on or after July 31, 2023, faculty and other senior personnel funded by NSF to conduct research will need to participate in Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (RECR) training.  LEARN MORE

The RCR Compliance Policy applies to the following NIH programs:

• D43, D71, F05, F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F37, F38, K01, K02, K05, K07, K08, K12, K18, K22, K23, K24, K25, K26, K30, K99/R00, KL1, KL2, R25, R36, T15, T32, T34, T35, T36, T37, T90/R90, TL1, TU2, and U2R, and to other NIH programs if required by the funding announcement.

All undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars funded by an NIH training grant, a career development award (individual or institutional), a research education grant, or a dissertation research grant must receive RCR instruction, with the exception of those funded by the K99/R00 program. For the K99/R00 program, only the PI (fellow) of the project is required to complete the RCR training.

The RCR Compliance Policy applies to all researchers funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) program, including the principal investigator, other faculty members, students, postdoctoral scholars, and any staff participating in the project.