ORI HOT TOPIC - Supporting Research, Responsibly

Northwestern University's Office for Research Integrity (ORI) is dedicated to encouraging responsible and ethical research throughout Northwestern's research community. As part of the Office for Research, our commitment to supporting innovative research is founded on the principles of integrity and honesty.

What does this mean to you?

• We emphasize and promote a culture of doing the right thing
• We are here to help you - whether you are a principal investigator, research administrator, department or unit administrator, or a member of the University community
• Our goal is to partner with you to:
  • Educate the research community with respect to appropriate practices related to the conduct of research at Northwestern
  • Help facilitate teamwork across the research enterprise
  • Improve and streamline compliance related processes
  • Identify and solve compliance problems
  • Minimize research compliance risks

Research communication is vital to promoting responsible conduct in research. ORI's initial focus is to expand our research-related education.