Research Policies & Training
Johnson & Wales University has established numerous policies and associated procedures governing research activity undertaken by faculty, staff, students and other associated individuals and entities.
Research Integrity Policy & Procedures
Johnson & Wales University is committed to upholding the highest standards of rigor in research. This institution is committed to fostering an environment that promotes research integrity and the responsible conduct of research, prohibits research misconduct, and deals promptly with allegations or evidence of possible research misconduct.
Johnson & Wales University’s Research Integrity Policy and Procedures sets forth the university’s requirements in these matters. All individuals covered by this policy, as explained within the document’s Scope and Application, are expected to review and follow the guidance.
Financial Conflict of Interest in Research
JWU employees and affiliated individuals must strive to safeguard the university’s financial, legal and reputational standing, and their own credibility and reputations, by supporting and practicing objectivity while engaged in research activities.
JWU’s policy and procedures for identifying and addressing financial conflict of interest in research, which are based on federal regulations published at 42 CFR Part 50, Subpart F, are intended to honor that commitment. The complete policy, as well as the two-part Disclosure of Significant Financial Interests (SFI) form, can be read in full below.
Research Security & Training
Federal grantmaking agencies are, or will be, requiring recipients of federal research funding to take steps to protect sponsored research from improper foreign interference, influence and appropriation in accordance with the National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33) and the security-related provisions under the CHIPS & Science Act.
Institutions accepting federal research funding must require the grant-funded program’s senior/key personnel (at minimum) to complete training in research security. Although timelines and deadlines for research security training (RST) completion vary depending on the sponsor’s implementation plan, JWU requires all senior/key personnel to complete RST within twelve months prior to proposal submission or before commencing service on a federally sponsored research project or program, whichever is sooner.
JWU is offering an RST module developed by the NSF SECURE Center in collaboration with NSF, U.S. National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense. This module, once completed, will fulfill one’s RST requirement and permit proposal submission or engagement on a federally sponsored program or both, depending on one’s circumstances.
Please email JWUSPA@jwu.edu for information on the module.
Please complete the RST module prior to proposal submission. To complete the training:
- Log in to uKnow using your JWU username and password.
- Click on “Courses” in the menu at the left of your screen.
- Click on “Research Security Training.”
- Click “Start,” and follow the instructions in the Welcome message.
You should receive a certificate at the end to show that you have completed the training. Please send it to JWUSPA@jwu.edu.
CITI Program Training
The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) offers online courses in research ethics, regulatory oversight, responsible conduct of research and research administration. JWU requires principal investigators, co-principal investigators and everyone else involved in a research project to complete CITI training. Access is limited to members of the JWU community.
Some CITI modules display a notice saying the content may be subject to interpretation under recent U.S. executive orders, and that institutions should review the material against their own policies and regulatory obligations. JWU has completed that review and issued the following statement:
“Johnson & Wales University believes all people, regardless of their race, sex, or any other protected characteristic, cannot be discriminated against based on such characteristics. No person is superior to another based on race, sex, or any other protected characteristic. As this is an academic institution that values free expression, you may be exposed to courses, training, or other materials, including those presented in CITI modules, with many different viewpoints. Not all such viewpoints represent the university’s viewpoint.”
Complete the modules that remain available to you. Email Michael Schrader, JWU’s CITI program administrator, with questions.