IRB Training and Ethics in Scholarship for Graduate Students Workshop Registration

Registration for the IRB Training and Ethics in Scholarship for Graduate Students Workshop is now open.

Three key events are being held for graduate students this fall, sponsored by the Office of Sponsored Programs and/or the Graduate College.

Graduate Student Information Meeting

Wednesday, August 24th, 2:45-4:30 pm, Maucker Union Central Ballroom
RSVP not required
The Graduate College will hold the annual Graduate Student Orientation on Wednesday, August 24th, 3:00-4:30 pm, in the Maucker Union Central Ballroom.  A Resource Fair will lead off the event, followed by presentations and a student panel.  Please encourage all incoming graduate students to attend this event.  Contact Susan Schwieger  for further information. 

IRB Training 

Wednesday, September 21st, 2:00-4:00 pm, Maucker Union Central Ballroom
Registration by September 7th recommended
The Institutional Review Board will offer a training in human subjects protections on Wednesday, September 21st, 2:00-4:00 pm, in the Maucker Union Central Ballroom.  The training is being offered in support of graduate student research, but all faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend.  The session will cover ethical principles in research involving humans, federal regulations, and UNI IRB review process and procedures.  A training certificate will be provided to attendees, which will satisfy the training requirement for researchers submitting their first application for IRB review.  Anyone interested in attending may RSVP no later than September 7th, by completing a brief webform.

Ethics in Scholarship for Graduate Students Workshop

Monday, October 3rd, 2:00-4:30 pm in the Maucker Union Central Ballroom
Registration by September 7th required
A workshop to help new graduate students become acquainted with the important ethical issues involved graduate-level academic work will be held Monday, October 3rd, 2:00-4:30 pm, in the Maucker Union Central Ballroom.  All new and current graduate students are welcome to attend.  The workshop will be led by UNI faculty and advanced graduate students, to include presentation, role play and/or case study discussion.  The focus topics will be Student/mentor Relationships and Respecting Ownership of Intellectual/Creative Works.   (Please note this workshop will not include training specifically related to human subjects.)   A training certificate will be provided to attendees.  Anyone interested in attending must RSVP no later than September 7th, by completing a brief webform.

Faculty Help Requested. 

For the ethics workshop, faculty in each discipline/department are being sought to work with the planning committee in the following ways:  1) volunteer to serve as a table/case study facilitator at the event; 2) identify an advanced graduate student who might be interested in helping out at tables or in role plays; 3) announcing in classes and offering student incentives (e.g., assignment credit) for attending the workshop; and 4) incorporating follow-up information from the workshop into fall semester coursework and/or seminars.  If you are willing and able to help in any of these ways, please send an email to Anita Gordon, and additional information will then be provided as it become available.