Training and Other Resources

Resources and training on many aspects of rigor and reproducibility, including sex as a biological variable, research methods, reviewer guidance and more.

Training

General Policy Overview

Describes the issues of rigor and transparency and why NIH developed the policy, summarizes updates to grant application instructions and review language, and identifies resources available to meet staff needs 

Module 1: General Policy Overview
Beginning with applications due on January 25, 2019 the application instructions and review criteria will be clarified to replace the term “scientific premise” with the term "rigor of the prior research". Please note that this video uses the term “scientific premise,” which should now be understood as “rigor of the prior research.”
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NIGMS Clearinghouse for Training Modules to Enhance Data Reproducibility

Focus on integral aspects of rigor and reproducibility such as lack of transparent, blinding and randomization, biological and technical replicates and exclusion criteria

 

NIH Office of Research on Women's Health: Methods & Techniques for Integrating Sex into Research  ​

Expert interviews and workshop presentations on how to incorporate sex to strengthen scientific design

 

Reviewer Guidance

• SABV Decision Tree:  Reviewer Guidance to Evaluate Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)
  Helps determine how to acknowledge evaluating sex as a biological variable depending on study design (posted 07/20/2016)
   
• Reviewer Guidance on Rigor and Transparency
  Provides information on the four areas of the current rigor and transparency initiative for research project grants and mentored career development applications (compiled by NIH OER, 03/21/2016)
   

Resources

• Research Methods Resources
  Helps investigators address methodological issues inherent in trials that randomize groups
   
• NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health Studying Sex to Strengthen Science
  Provides links to NIH policy on Sex as a Biological Variable, methods and techniques for integrating sex into research, and more
   
• Activity Codes Where Rigor and Transparency Does/Does Not Apply
  Lists the activity codes and due dates where the policy is or is not effective and for which due dates (updated 11/20/2018)
   
• NIH Rigor and Reproducibility
  High-level NIH webpage with reporting guidelines, meetings and workshops, funding opportunities, and more