Research Integrity Training FY 2024

An APRIN e-learning course on research integrity will be implemented at Kyoto University.

In accordance with its Action Plan for the Promotion of Research Integrity, Kyoto University provides mandatory research integrity training for faculty members and researchers in the form of an APRIN e-learning program.

The APRIN e-learning course must be taken at least once per specified three-year period. FY 2024 is the first year of the three-year period 2024–2026. All faculty members and researchers are therefore required to take the course, including those who have taken the course previously.

Graduate students will be notified of their e-learning account via email at the time of their enrollment. In addition to the courses provided by Kyoto University, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science provides the e-Learning Course on Research Ethics (eL CoRE), which students take after tutorials or as a liberal arts and general education course. Please take at least one of the e-learning courses during your enrollment, as directed by your academic advisor.

The course is not mandatory for undergraduate students, non-regular students (research students, auditing students, etc.), and non-research staff, but such persons are recommended to take the course electively, and all persons who will co-author an academic paper must take the e-learning course in advance.

Course materials

Please take the relevant course from the following three courses:

• Kyoto University Research Ethics and Integrity Course (Science and Technology) (6 modules)
1. Research Misconduct
2. Ethical Issues in the Management of Data in Engineering Research
3. Responsible Authorship
4. Ethical Issues in the Peer Review and Publication of Engineering Research
5. Collaborative Research in Engineering Fields
6. Whistleblowing and the Obligation of Researchers and Engineers to Protect the Public
• Kyoto University Research Ethics and Integrity Course (Humanities and Social Sciences) (6 modules)
1. Misconduct in Research Activity
2. Plagiarism in the Humanities and Social Sciences
3. Collaborative Research and Authorship
4. Peer Review and Conflicts of Interest
5. The Relationship between Research Quality and Research Integrity in the Humanities and Social Sciences
6. Academic Characteristics of the Humanities and Social Sciences and Research Misconduct
• Kyoto University Research Ethics and Integrity Course (Life Sciences) (6 modules)
1. Responsible Conduct of Research
2. Research Misconduct
3. Data Handling
4. Rules for Collaborative Research
5. Authorship
6. What Is Plagiarism?

Deadline for taking the course

Currently employed faculty members and researchers are requested to take the course as soon as possible. New employees are requested to take the course within approximately two weeks of their date of employment.

Persons who are required to take the course

Please see the Research Integrity Training (eAPRIN) FAQ for details of the specific job titles of faculty/researchers who are required to take the course.

How to take the course

Visit the APRIN e-learning program website (https://edu.aprin.or.jp), enter your username and password to log in to the system. Please take the course as per the instructions contained in the course manual. Please note that the username and course manual differ depending on the designation of the individual taking the course.

Username:

• Faculty and staff members: your KUMail address (--@kyoto-u.ac.jp) (not your departmental email address)
• Graduate students: your KUMOI address (--@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
• Recipients of the JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists: your KUMOI address (--@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
• Undergraduate students, non-regular students (including research students and auditing students), and others: Please use the username and password provided in the manual for guest users.

Points to note

• If you have taken the “JST Course (1) Biomedical” or “JST Course (2) Engineering” during or after April 2024, you are not required to take the “Kyoto University Research Ethics and Integrity Course 2024 (XX).”
• If you have taken the “JST Course (1) Biomedical” or “JST Course (2) Engineering” during or before March 2024, you are required to take the “Kyoto University Research Ethics and Integrity Course 2024 (XX),” as, even if you re-take the “JST Course (1) Biomedical” or “JST Course (2) Engineering” during or after April 2021, the completion date will not be updated.
• Even if you have taken the “京都大学 医の倫理委員会受講者コース(Kyoto University Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine: Ethics Committee Course)” or “JST Course (3) Humanities,” you are still required to take the “Kyoto University Research Ethics and Integrity Course 2024 (XX).”
• You are not required to register your account information by yourself, as the Research Promotion Department will do it.
• After your account is registered, your account information (including an initial password) will be sent to your KUMail/KUMOI address. The name of the sender and the subject line of the email will be as shown below. If your account was registered during or before March 2020, your initial password may be different. For more details, please see the manual.
  Sender: no-reply＊aprin.or.jp (Please change * to @.)
  Subject: APRIN eラーニングプログラム（eAPRIN）: [eAPRIN]アカウント発行のお知らせ／Your Account
  

Reference materials

• Research Integrity Training e-Learning (eAPRIN) Manual (for faculty, graduate students, and JSPS research fellows)
• Research Integrity Training e-Learning (eAPRIN) Manual (for faculty, graduate students, and JSPS research fellows) (English version)
• Research Integrity Training e-Learning (eAPRIN) Manual (for other students [undergraduates, non-regular students])
• Research Integrity Training e-Learning (eAPRIN) Manual (for other students [undergraduates, non-regular students]) (English version)
• Research Integrity Training (eAPRIN) FAQ
• Research Integrity Training (eAPRIN) FAQ (English version)