Training

The Office of Research Services (ORS) provides in-person, online, and recorded training events for faculty and staff. The goal of these training opportunities is to provide information, examples, and other resources to assist researchers in developing more competitive proposals and growing the OU research enterprise.

Most of the training sessions offered through ORS are optional; however, there are a few research-related training events that are required for some OU employees.

• The Sponsored Research and Compliance Seminar covers eight research-related compliance topics tied to sponsored projects. The Seminar is an institutional requirement required for all University employees who are and/or may be involved in conducting, administering, and/or otherwise managing any aspect of externally sponsored projects (research, creative activity, instruction/training, or public service), including faculty, staff, temporary employees, graduate assistants, student employees, and anyone who monitors, reconciles, or manages financial accounts for these types of activities. This also includes anyone eligible but not currently performing any of these responsibilities. This policy is effective 7/1/2023, and training should be completed before the performance evaluation or receipt of any pending awards, whichever occurs first. The training is required every four years.
• Researchers will find the PHS/DOE Conflict of Interest policies, along with information about disclosures and mandatory training for awardees, on the ORS Financial Conflicts of Interest webpage.
• Students and postdoctoral researchers that are supported by NSF grants must complete online CITI training which provides information on core topics to consider in efforts to conduct research in a responsible manner. Instructions and links to the mandatory training can be found on the ORS Responsible Conduct in Research page.

Additional resources that contribute to creating a supportive research environment within the University include the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE), which supports program, idea, and proposal development, the CFE research curriculum plan, which lays out a progression of workshops and consultation events that will help you along each phase of your career, and the University Libraries (UL), which can assist in developing data management plans for proposals and identifying an appropriate data repository.

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