Training and Resources
We’ve compiled links to research process resources and training-related materials for the Rochester research community.
Getting started with research
If you’re new to research at Rochester or are just getting an initiative going, this list can serve as a helpful starting point. Learn what steps to take to get started, and explore helpful on-boarding research resources.
ORCIDs ensure your research gets credited to you, and connects your work with broader research toolkits. Learn about ORCIDs and how to sign up for one
- Review the proposal development guide issued by the Office of Research and Project Administration (ORPA)
- Explore frequently requested University of Rochester facts that are often needed for research proposals.
Training and education
- Responsible Conduct in Research: Training modules and programs can be accessed through CITI. We’ve developed instructions for logging in to CITI to help you get started.
- Conflict of Interest Policy Course: Search for this training in MyPath. Training is overseen by ORPA.
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Review the Procurement Principles training in MyPath.
The University Committee on Animal Resources provides and requires a variety of trainings if your research involves animals.
- Office of Human Subject Protection: Offers multiple trainings for conducting research with human subjects.
- HIPAA Privacy Training: Need access to Protected Health Information? You’ll need to complete this training first.
- eRecord (EPIC) Training: Do you need access to the University’s patient record system for your research? Complete this training first.
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI): Offering trainings if you need access to OnCore Clinical Trial Management System, if you will be submitting a IND or a IDE to the FDA, and other training.
Environmental Health & Safety offers numerous safety trainings for working with specific chemicals, biologics, radiation, lasers, or radiopharmaceuticals.
Review Flow Cytometry training.
UR CABIN offers training for MRI acquisition and subject handling.
Technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship
- If your research has led to an invention, disclose, protect, develop, and commercialize your invention through Invention Disclosure
- Work with URVentures to develop industry partnerships in order to advance the translation of your research into the marketplace
Data and computing
Reference resources, offices, and support services related to data management, big data, and research computing assistance.
Access the University of Rochester Research Repository (URRR), Figshare, the University’s institutional data repository to deposit scientific data, papers, and presentations to help meet the requirements of funding agencies and to make data more easily accessible to the global research community.
University IT also provides a comprehensive list of approved data storage solutions for all researchers.
Utilize LabArchives, an electronic lab notebook, to help organize and manage your research data safely and quickly.
- The Center for Integrated Research Computing (CIRC) provides researchers across the University with hardware, software, training, and support necessary to utilize computational and data analytics technology in research.
- Need additional computing services for big data analytics or cloud computing? There are additional resources available through University IT
The Genomics Research Center (GRC) provides core laboratory support, technical consultation, assistance with experimental design and data analysis for investigators using high-throughput genomic sequencing, genotyping and gene expression in their research programs.
Our office, in conjunction with the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI), offers a data de-identification service for the University research community.
Review our Data Management page for additional resources about properly working with and managing data at the University.
Access the Data Rescue Project, a coordinated effort among a group of data organizations, including IASSIST, RDAP, and members of the Data Curation Network, that serves as a clearinghouse for data rescue-related efforts and data access points for public US governmental data that are potentially at risk.
Student research
Academic-oriented research provides undergraduate and graduate students with unique opportunities to enhance their education and further their career prospects.
Centers and institutes
The University has a wide variety of research units, centers, and institutes that drive cutting-edge work and discoveries.