The Office for Research Protections
The Office for Research Protections Links to an external site. (ORP) is Penn State’s home for research ethics and compliance, where we partner with researchers to maintain the integrity of Penn State research.
ORP ensures that research at the University is conducted in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines that protect human participants, animals, students, and personnel involved with research.
Research Compliance Programs
- Human Subjects Research (IRB)
- Vertebrate Animal Care and Use (IACUC)
- Radioisotopes (UIC)
- Research Integrity
- Dive Safety
- Drone Operations
- Quality Assurance, Clinical Trials
- Regulated Biohazardous Materials (IBC), Dual Use Research (IRE), ESCRO
- Conflict of Interest
- Controlled Substances
- Research Security Program
- Education
- Export Control
Research Integrity
Research misconduct Links to an external site. is defined as fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. The three types of misconduct are defined below:
- Fabrication is defined as making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
- Falsification is defined as manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
- Plagiarism is defined as the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.
Contact the program to report potential research misconduct or learn more about reporting potential research misconduct Links to an external site..
For more information, please visit the Research Integrity website. Links to an external site.
Contact Information
814-865-1775
orp@psu.edu
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