Welcome to the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) website at Northern Illinois University. This website contains online modules on RCR topics developed with the support of RCR Education Grants awarded by the Office of Research Integrity to the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center at Northern Illinois University.

The users can select the appropriate link to view the following RCR core area topics: Data Management, Collaborative Research, Research Mentoring, Peer Review, and Authorship. It is highly recommended that the Macromedia Flash versions of these modules be viewed in Internet Explorer 6.0 and above. It is also essential to disable all popup blockers. Your PC should have the Macromedia Flash * Player 9. Click here to download the free Flash Player from the Macromedia website www.macromedia.com.