The Detroit Community – Academic Urban Research Center (URC)
Fosters community-based participatory research that equitably involves community members, organizational representatives, and academic researchers in all aspects of the research process.
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Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship (RCRS) Training
Find out about U-M requirements and training for upholding the highest ethical standards in the conduct of research and scholarship.
The Program for Education and Evaluation in Responsible Research and Scholarship (PEERRS)
Offers online regulatory training for export controls, human research subjects protections, responsible conduct of research and scholarship, and U-M research administration.
Animal Care & Use Training
This brief online course provides an overview of animal research oversight, standards, regulations, institutional policies, and expectations for our animal research community.
Biosafety
Offers guidance on developing lab-specific training regarding occupational risks associated with the research materials and procedures.
Children and Minors as Research Participants Training
Training for creating a positive environment that promotes the health, wellness, safety, and security of children who are entrusted to the university’s care and custody as research participants.
Good Clinical Practice
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires study team members responsible for the conduct, management, and oversight of NIH-funded clinical trials to complete good clinical practice (GCP) training consistent with the principles of the International Conference on Harmonisation.
Clinical Trials Registration & Results Reporting
Explains when clinical trial registration and results reporting is required and gives guidance on how to do it properly.
Institutional Autonomous Systems Committee (IASC)
Faculty-led Institutional Autonomous Systems Committee (IASC) to provide a review and approval mechanism for drones operated by anyone on U-M property, and by U-M faculty, students and staff when engaged in U-M activities off of U-M property.
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
Responsible for assessing the biosafety containment level for research involving recombinant DNA and synthetic nucleic acid molecules. The U-M Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) also oversees research with other potentially hazardous biologics.