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The University of Massachusetts Amherst reports it has landed $250,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop an online library of material about conducting research ethically and responsibly.
The online depository of books is planned to contain written, video, audio and other material that can be used to teach responsible and ethical research practices to students and postdoctoral researchers. The site is also planned to include social networking tools, according to the school.
The project will be directed by Jane Fountain, professor of political science and public policy, and director of the National Center for Digital Government and Science, Technology and Society Initiative; and Marilyn Billings, scholarly communication and special initiatives librarian at the school’s W.E.B. Du Bois Library.
The project is being planned in response to a federal law called the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Act. The act requires an institution applying for financial assistance from the NSF for science and engineering research or education to describe in its grant proposal a plan to provide training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research to participating undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
The grant was made by the NSF’s Office of Integrative Research.
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