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Rigor and Transparency in NIH Grant and Career Development Applications

Effective January 2016, NIH established critical changes to grant applications that are intended to enhance the reproducibility of research findings (Notice Numbers: NOT-OD-16-011, NOT-OD-16-012 and NOT-OD-17-068).

Beginning with applications due on January 25, 2019 the application instructions and review criteria will be clarified to replace the term “scientific premise” with the term "rigor of the prior research". Applicants will also be instructed to describe plans to address any weaknesses in the rigor of prior research within the Research Strategy. For additional details, see NOT-OD-18-228 and NOT-OD-18-229. These new instructions and revised review criteria focus on the following four areas deemed important for enhancing rigor and transparency:

  1. The rigor of the prior research

  2. Rigorous experimental design for robust and unbiased results

  3. Consideration of relevant biological variables

  4. Authentication of key biological and/or chemical resources

There are a number of good resources on the web to help you. Some of our favorites include:

UMMS recently received an administrative supplement to redesign our rigor and reproducibility curriculum for trainees. Read more here.

Fundamentals of Clinical Research - Mini Course

Course 1 - "Everything you need to know about the IRB and then some"

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This lecture series is designed for students in training, residents, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty who are interested in learning about the most commonly employed study designs used in clinical and public health research and about the IRB review process.

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar: "Sharing Confidential and Sensitive Data”

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Given jointly by the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and UMASS Boston, Gerontology Department and Gerontology Institute
Monday, April 3, 2023 
 “Sharing Confidential and Sensitive Data?”
Presented by: George Alter, Ph.D., Research Professor Emeritus, Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan
 
 

Dr. David Jensen Intro to Reproducibility Crisis

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Rigor & NIH Review

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Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar “Are Predatory Journals Bad Hombres?”

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