This program from the John E Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences allows nonprofit, private or public, domestic or international, educational and research institutions to develop or expand on current graduate curricula in international bioethics related to performing research in low- and middle-income nations. Applications are accepted in response to a Request for Applications (RFA).

The US Office of Research Integrity has put out a new report about responsible conduct in scientific research. The report was written by the Board on Health Sciences Policy of the Institute of Medicine and the Division of Earth and Life Studies of the National Research Council. This report focuses on the research environment and attempts to define and describe those elements that enable and encourage unique individuals to act with integrity.

The NIH has had a longstanding interest in objectivity in research and financial conflict of interest. Prudent stewardship of public funds that support research programs requires that appropriate steps be taken to ensure high quality results. Therefore, recipient organizations must establish safeguards to prevent employees, consultants, or members of governing bodies from using their positions for purposes that are, or give the appearance of being, motivated by a desire for private financial gain for themselves or others such as those with whom they have family, business, or other ties. This website, created in July of 2002, provides information and policies regarding conlict of interest.