Future Research Leaders Program

Module 3. Conducting Research Responsibly – Protecting Yourself, Your Research, and Your University

Record of completion

This Future Research Leaders Program consists of an induction module followed by numbered sequential modules. Each module may be undertaken separately. However, an effective research leader requires competence in all components of the program. Your university will record your participation in whichever modules you undertake.

An official Certificate of Completion will be provided to all participants who complete the entire Future Research Leaders Program. To obtain this certificate you will need to download the Record of Completion as you complete each module and obtain the necessary signatures. You will require signatures from:
•	the Workshop facilitator
•	an experienced researcher

Keep each of these documents and when you have completed all numbered modules send all the Records of Completion to your university’s FRLP coordinator (see the website for the mailing address).

Using the discussion points outlined on page 3 of this document, you are required to conduct a guided conversation with an approved experienced researcher. You must provide this person with:
•	the web address of the FRLP 
•	the name of the module you intend to discuss with them
•	the access login and password you were given (to enable them to familiarise themselves with the material if they wish)
•	A copy of this 3-page document

For the purposes of this module, a person designated as an 'experienced researcher' is a research project leader experienced in dealing with issues of governance and compliance.

Participant:
University:
Faculty/Department:	Experienced researcher:
Faculty/Department:
	
	Workshop facilitator:
Faculty/Department:	

On completing this module the participant should be able to:
•	Understand the trust placed in people and in institutions that conduct research
•	Appreciate that robust research requires integrity embodied in a commitment to intellectual honesty and personal responsibility for one's actions.
•	Apply the Codes of Conduct for Research that prescribe standards of work performance and ethical conduct expected of all persons engaged in research
•	Seek approval by an ethics committee, safety committee or other regulatory committee or authority.
•	Recognise the obligations to the University and community in undertaking public-funded and sponsored research. 
•	Define what constitutes a failure to conduct research responsibly and major forms of misconduct.
•	Identify key sources of information, advice and further education on specific issues relating to research conduct. 
	
Module 3. Conducting Research Responsibly – Protecting Yourself, Your Research, and Your University

Attended and participated in the Governance and Compliance workshop on: 

__________________________ (date)

Workshop facilitator signature	
Date	

Participant signature	
Date	

AND

Undertook the guided conversation with an experienced university researcher using the guidelines given in this document and the FRLP online study material for Module 3.

Experienced researcher signature	
Date	

Participant signature	
Date	

Keep this form for submission to your FRLP coordinator if you wish to receive a Certificate of Completion when you have completed all modules in the FRLP.

Guided conversation with an experienced researcher
The following list provides you with important discussion points you should engage in with an experienced researcher. These discussion topics are not meant to define or limit that discussion, but they are core issues that should be discussed.

1.	The ease (or difficulty) you have with raising issues of research integrity within your research group.
2.	The ease (or difficulty) you have with meeting all research compliance aspects.
3.	How comfortable you feel with assuming increasing supervisory or mentoring role(s).
4.	What mechanisms you have in place to be confident of the integrity and on-going availability of any data you sign-off for dissemination and publication.
5.	Whether you consider the challenge of research leadership exciting and have plans for moving ahead. (Do you need to manage the opportunities presented to you to avoid conflict of effort?)
6.	How do you manage the ascribing of authorship for your publications?