Category: Education and Training

RCR Training Reporting for Administrators

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) fosters ethical principles, professional standards, and best practices guiding researchers to conduct their work with integrity, transparency, and accountability. RCR training is required by the university and by most sponsors. RCR requirements are separate from sponsor’s Research Security Training (RST) requirements, though the content overlaps. RCR Training Requirements The requirements to […]

Compliance Profile

The Compliance Profile assigns required compliance courses based on self-reported answers to a series of questions. Animal Care and Use, Environmental Health & Safety, and Human Research Protection training is assigned by the Compliance Profile. Other compliance training may be assigned automatically by job attribute. Review Workday’s Complete Compliance Training Questionnaire tutorial (WashU Key required) […]

NIH GCP Training Options

Learners are required to complete only one GCP course, and the NIH offers the following two options: National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA) GCP Training course GCP for Social and Behavioral Research course Certificate of Completion To have your GCP course marked complete in Workday Learning, you must email your certificate to ovcrinfo@wustl.edu. Other GCP Courses […]

Research Security Training Policy

Effective: 03/31/2025Last revised: 6/25/2026 Many federal agencies require research security training for applicants and awarded researchers. This mandate originates from the National Security Presidential Memo-33 (2021) and the CHIPs and Science Act (2022). Research Security Training is an integral component of a Research Security Program.  The goal is to raise awareness and ensure that risks […]

Professional Organizations for Research Administration

These organizations offer research administrators opportunities for professional development, conferences, webinars, workshops, and more. National Council of University Research AdministratorsSociety of Research Administrators International

Trainings for Researchers

Compliance Trainings Below are the major compliance trainings required for the research community. Most mandatory trainings are assigned in Workday Learning based on HR data or by the completion of the Compliance Profile. All members of the research community are encouraged to complete the compliance profile at the start of a new position or when job […]