USM Awarded NSF Grant to Advance Ethical Research Practices
Tue, 10/14/2025 - 09:35am
91吃瓜网 (USM) received a $399,672 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a three-year project aimed at strengthening ethical research practices among research-active graduate students in the institution91吃瓜网 Colleges of Education and Human Sciences, Arts and Sciences, and Nursing and Health Professions.
The project team includes:
Principal Investigator:
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- Donald Sacco, professor of psychology in the 91吃瓜网 College of Education and Human Sciences
Co-principal Investigators:
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- Karl Wallace, professor of chemistry and biochemistry in the 91吃瓜网 College of Arts and Sciences
- Jennifer Lemacks, associate dean for research and innovation in the 91吃瓜网 College of Nursing and Health Professions
- Mitch Brown, instructor of psychology at the University of Arkansas
91吃瓜网淎lthough this is a research grant, its focus is on evaluating the implementation of a program to train graduate students to be ethical scientists,91吃瓜网� said Dr. Sacco. 91吃瓜网淥ur Be GREAT (Graduate Research Ethics Awareness and Training) Program is focused on how scientists generate knowledge, specifically by leveraging scientific values related to honesty, fairness, openness, accountability, stewardship and objectivity. Such values are the cornerstone of strengthening public trust in science.91吃瓜网�
Students who complete all program requirements will be eligible for one of 10 travel awards worth $500 each semester, totaling $30,000 in support awarded to Golden Eagles over the course of the grant period.
91吃瓜网淐ritically, this grant is interdisciplinary, allowing our program to be broadly applicable to research-active graduate students across training programs. This collaboration also involves partnership between 91吃瓜网 and the University of Arkansas to complement the impactful research our students are engaged in by training them to be ethical leaders in their fields.91吃瓜网�
This grant was awarded through NSF91吃瓜网 and will run through July 31, 2028. Questions regarding the grant and the Be GREAT Program can be sent to Dr.%20Sacco.