Project Grant ORIIR140006

This $290,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform cultures of responsible research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The key products and services to be delivered include: Conducting research on ethics expertise, self-efficacy, and research climates among STEM faculty at Virginia Tech. Based on this research, the project will develop educational interventions to empower...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides funding to Grambling State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), to implement a transformational Department of Research Ethics and Integrity Program. The program aims to foster a culture of research integrity and ethical conduct through comprehensive training and professional development activities for faculty and students. Key...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of South Florida received a $250,000 Project Grant from the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) under the Research on Research Integrity program (CFDA 93.085), awarded on September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for September 29, 2027. The project, titled "Research Accountability and Integrity for Sustainable Ethics in AI (R.A.I.S.E.): A Mixed-Methods Study of Faculty Practices and Institutional Responses," will examine the...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to develop and evaluate innovative training approaches to enhance ethical decision-making skills among early-career researchers in the social sciences. The $150,000 project, awarded to the University of Texas at Arlington, will create text and video-based ethical dilemmas relevant to social science research and incorporate real-time expert feedback to improve the ethical reasoning...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Purdue University a $542,660 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to develop an evidence-based framework and curricula for educating undergraduate researchers on ethical data life cycle management. The 3-year project aims to: Assess undergraduate researchers' competencies in data life cycle planning, access, assurance, description, evaluation, preservation, and publication. Create a framework for evaluating students' data life...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) will fund a $300,000 study on ethical practices for research conducted in armed conflict zones. The project aims to map existing knowledge on research ethics in conflict settings, document current practices around research data collection, storage, and security, and develop best practices and guidelines to protect researchers, subjects, and affected communities. Outputs...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of Pittsburgh to develop a National Job Classification System for Research Administrators. The goal is to create a standardized framework to enhance the recruitment, retention, and compensation of qualified research administrators across all academic institutions, especially emerging and minority-serving ones. In collaboration with the Society of Research Administrators International (SRA International), the...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Maryland, Baltimore received a $245,305 Project Grant from the Fogarty International Center (FIC) under the International Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.989), awarded July 6, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2030. This grant supports the establishment of a sustainable Master's degree program in research ethics and integrity in Morocco, addressing critical gaps in research ethics capacity and scientific integrity...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $399,971 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant funds the NETETHICS project to develop tools and training to advance responsible conduct in complex engineering research networks. Over a two-year period, the project will identify key ethical values for large, multi-institutional research collaborations. It will also develop a survey tool to assess approaches to ethics...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering, under the CFDA program "Office of International Science and Engineering", provides $174,075 to the University of Maryland, College Park from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. The funding supports qualitative case studies and analysis of historical and ongoing ethics governance projects within the field of computer science research. The goals are to characterize, evaluate and...