"The content of instruction is up to each institution. We have asked the institutions to have a written plan for instruction. We will look at those to
see if they are consistent with the policy. But we are not going to approve content," says Chris Pascal, director of the office of research integrity at the PHS.
Like the NIH policy, the PHS proposal in its current form would allow web-based programming to fulfill educational requirements.
Burdened By Paper
"Clearly there is a lot of administrative work involved in developing a system that requires that you can certify that all the people involved with research in federally funded areas have completed training," Gallant says. "Just the paperwork itself is incredibly complex."
Because University administrators process all grant applications, they would be responsible for keeping track of every researcher who has completed the training and for ensuring that those who had not done the training did so, according to Mitchell.
The NIH maintains that it is aware of the demands on non-funded federal mandate.
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