The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) promotes integrity in research and teaching while ensuring a safe and productive work environment. The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) facilitates the responsible conduct of research through educational, preventive, and service activities. Organizationally, ORI is located in the Center for Research Services, under the Vice Chancellor for Research. UAF Policies pertaining to the conduct of research may be accessed via the link in the navigation bar at the top right of this page.

Ensuring the integrity of the research record is one of the central goals of responsible conduct in research training.  Researchers in all fields rely on others to limit or acknowledge bias and to accurately report their findings.  Although the burden for ensuring the integrity of the research record lies predominantly with the researchers themselves everyone involved in the research process, whether they are collaborators, students, technicians, administrators, or volunteers, has a role to play in supporting the responsible conduct of research. 

UAF has three research compliance committees who review and monitor research and teaching activities in specific research areas.   The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee is responsible for oversight of all university activities involving live vertebrates.  The Institutional Review Board oversees all research projects in which living people are the subject of the research (research participants).  The Institutional Biosafety Committee reviews and approves the use of recombinant DNA, genetically modified organisms, and infectious agents.  In addition, the ORI reviews and, if appropriate, conducts investigations of any allegations of research misconduct made against UAF researchers.