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href="https://cws.auburn.edu/ovpr/pm/ERA" title=Endeavor Support > Endeavor Support </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://cws.auburn.edu/ovpr/pm/compliance/CITI-SSO" > CITI Training </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://cws.auburn.edu/ovpr/pm/compliance/ori/professionaldev" > Professional Development </a> </li> <li> <a href="/OVPR/pm/compliance/resources" > Research Compliance Resources </a> </li> <li> <a href="/OVPR/pm/compliance/committees" > Volunteer for Committee Service </a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-9"> <h1 style="color: rgb(221, 85, 12);"><span style="color: rgb(3, 36, 77);">Research Integrity & Compliance</span></h1> <hr /> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-9"> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Office of Research Integrity & Compliance (ORIC) fully embraces the intent of the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research & Economic Development (OSVPRED) to foster and promote the research enterprise and scholarly activity at Auburn by ensuring that faculty, staff, and students receive the assistance and support necessary to engage in a wide range of research activities.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(3, 36, 77);">Through ORIC, the OSVPRED offers essential and strategic expertise to support research compliance across AU’s colleges and schools. The interrelated, dynamic domains of research and regulatory compliance demand purposeful, thoughtful collaboration between AU’s research communities and its Office of Research Integrity & Compliance to achieve high-quality research.</span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="color: rgb(221, 85, 12);">AU Compliance Programs: Animal Care and Use, Biological Safety and Protection of Human Subjects in Research. </strong> Program services provided by ORIC include the oversight, independently and in conjunction with the AU Compliance Committees, of research and related activities under the authority of the Senior Vice President for Research and Economic Development and Institutional Official. The Compliance Committees consist of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), and the Institutional Review Boards for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research (IRBs).</li> <li style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="color: rgb(221, 85, 12);">AU Research Integrity Programs: Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) and the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (RCR). </strong>Program services delivered by ORIC include the administration, independently and in conjunction with the SVPRED, of compliance with governmental and University FCOI and RCR requirements in the conduct of sponsored research, technology commercialization, and related activities under the authority of the SVPRED and Institutional Official.  </li> <li style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="color: rgb(221, 85, 12);">Related Regulatory Requirements:</strong> The ORIC also assists with GxP Compliance (Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)), Open Records Requests, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests, NIH Certificates of Confidentiality and Data Use Agreements. </li> </ul> <p> </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-3"><img alt="Research Compliance" src="https://cws.auburn.edu/shared/files?id=159&filename=ORC.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 144px;" /> <p><strong>Niki L. 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