The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, through the Office of Research Integrity (ORI), is offering a federal grant opportunity titled "Ensuring Research Integrity - Program Development and Evaluation Program (PDE)." This initiative aims to fund projects that develop and implement innovative approaches and tools to enhance research integrity and prevent misconduct in research environments. The program emphasizes the creation of educational resources, risk assessment tools, and intervention programs that promote ethical scientific practices and accountability, ultimately fostering a responsible research culture. Interested applicants, including small businesses, universities, and various organizations, can submit electronic applications via Grants.gov by July 30, 2025, for a total estimated funding of $150,000, with individual awards ranging from $50,000 to $75,000. For further inquiries, applicants may contact Armineh Ghazarian at Armineh.Ghazarian@hhs.gov.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of Research Integrity (ORI), is offering funding opportunities under the Ensuring Research Integrity - Program Development and Evaluation (PDE) Program. The objective is to develop and assess innovative approaches to enhance research integrity and prevent misconduct within research environments. Applicants can submit electronic applications via Grants.gov by July 30, 2025, for a total of $150,000 in estimated funding, accommodating two awards with ranges between $50,000 and $75,000. Eligible applicants include universities, non-profits, and various governmental entities, emphasizing innovative educational resources, risk assessment tools, and intervention programs. The applications will undergo a rigorous review based on project description, efficacy of proposed outcomes, and the management capability of the institutions involved. Successful projects are expected to produce tangible outcomes that advance understanding and compliance in research integrity, ultimately fostering a responsible research culture. The funding aims to address the evolving challenges in promoting ethical research practices and ensuring accountability in research settings.

FY25 Ensuring Research Integrity - Research on Research Integrity (RRI)

The Office of Research Integrity anticipates making award(s) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 under the authority of 42 U.S.C. &#167; 241 (Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act). Institutions applying for or receiving Public Health Service (PHS) support for biomedical or behavioral research, biomedical or behavioral research training, or activities related to that research or research training are required to foster a research environment that promotes research integrity and the responsible conduct of research, discourages research misconduct, and deals promptly with allegations or evidence of possible research misconduct.&#8221; 42 C.F.R. &#167; 93.300(c). Core to ORI&#8217;s mission is the support of education and outreach activities that aid PHS-funded research institutions in their efforts &#8220;to teach the responsible conduct of research, promote research integrity, prevent research misconduct, and . . . respond effectively to allegations of research misconduct[.]&#8221; (65 Fed. Reg. 30,600, 30,601 (May 12, 2000)). Our Research on Research Integrity Grant Program contributes to this mission by supporting projects that foster empirical research on societal, organizational, behavioral, group, and individual factors that affect, both positively and negatively, integrity in research with a focus on the identification of the root causes of research misconduct and driving factors for research integrity in compliance with 42 C.F.R. Part 93.

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The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) anticipates the availability of funding to support projects for the development and implementation of innovative approaches and tools to promote research integrity and prevent misconduct. This includes creating interventions based on empirical evidence, including findings from ORI-funded research, and tools to identify at-risk individuals or laboratories. This opportunity supports the creation and evaluation of interventions and assessment tools aimed at promoting research integrity, while ensuring transparency, accountability, and ethical scientific practices that serve public health and societal well-being Projects may include all, or a number of the goals below:1) Development of educational resources toCreate novel online training modules incorporating interactive scenarios to teach principles of research integrity, ensuring that researchers are equipped with tools to navigate ethical dilemmas and resist external pressures that compromise scientific integrityDevelop engaging, in-person or classroom educational programs that promote the responsible conduct of research, prevent research misconduct, or encourages the reporting of suspected research misconduct, fostering a research culture that prioritizes public trust and accountability.Evaluate the effectiveness of the developed educational and training resources, to ensure alignment with the highest ethical standards in science and public health. 2) Creation of risk assessment tools to Design, develop, and test assessment tools for principal investigators, department chairs, or other research administrators to evaluate the risk for individuals, laboratories, or research programs - to engage in misconduct or detrimental research practicesDesign, develop, and test assessment tool that examines institutional research culture or practices that impact or lead to potential research misconduct.Evaluate the effectiveness of the development risk assessment tools, to strengthen the integrity of research institutions and ensure compliance with public health priorities.3) Implementation and Testing of Intervention Programs toCreate pilot interventions designed to improve data management and record-keeping in labs, with pre- and post-assessment of research integrity, ensuring research findings are transparent, reproducible, and free from manipulation.Implementation of mentorship and leadership training programs in research settings to foster a culture of ethical and responsible research.Evaluate the effectiveness of intervention programs to measure long-term impact, ensuring that scientific research upholds ethical principles that benefit public health.The recipient owns the copyright for materials developed under an award, and pursuant to 45 C.F.R. &#167; 75.322(b), HHS reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use those materials for federal purposes, and to authorize others to do so. In addition, pursuant to 45 C.F.R. &#167; 75.322(d), the federal government has the right to obtain, reproduce, publish, or otherwise use data produced under this award and has the right to authorize others to receive, reproduce, publish, or otherwise use such data for federal purposes.We expect to fund awards in 12-month budget periods for a total period of performance up to 24 months. Recipients must submit a non-competing continuation (NCC) application for each budget period after the first. Continuation funding is contingent upon the availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the project, appropriate stewardship of federal funds, and the best interests of the government. Funding for all approved budget periods after the first is generally the same as the initial award amount subject to any offset with funds unused in the previous budget period. Universities, hospitals, laboratories, other public or private institutions, and individuals are eligible to apply for an award under this opportunity. Eligible entities include faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, and American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American (AI/AN/NA) organizations. Eligible entities include foreign organizations and foreign components of domestic organizations, if the proposed activity provides a domestic benefit, such as promoting research integrity among PHS-funded institutions both within the U.S. and abroad.

Armineh Ghazarian&lt;br/&gt;Armineh.Ghazarian@hhs.gov

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