SUNY Board Adopts Statement on Research Integrity
March 19, 2013
Purchase — The State University of New York Board of Trustees today adopted a university-wide statement and 16 core principles on research integrity. The SUNY Statement on Research Integrity incorporates best practices advanced by the White House and around the world, and serves as an important reaffirmation of SUNY’s commitment to integrity in research.
Board Chairman H. Carl McCall said, "SUNY and its Research Foundation are committed to accountability, professional courtesy, fairness, good stewardship, and – above all – integrity, in the conduct of scholarly research. This statement and its supporting principles reflect the necessary connection between the university’s academic and research missions.”
SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher said, “Groundbreaking research discoveries by SUNY faculty and students benefit New York State and the world, a level of impact that requires a clear and unambiguous playbook. Dr. Killeen and the Research Foundation are to be commended for codifying this statement and its supporting principles.”
The 16 principles outlined by the Statement provide practical, tactical, and philosophical guidance to SUNY scholars, researchers, and administrators in their fulfillment of their research-related responsibilities, and span the areas of transparency, regulatory compliance, conflicts of interest, and societal considerations. The adopted Statement is available online.
“SUNY’s reputation as a leading public comprehensive university system must be based not only on the large volume of research performed on campuses across New York but even more importantly, on its commitment to excellence, objectivity, and integrity in the conduct of that research,” said Dr. Tim Killeen, SUNY’s vice chancellor for research and president of The Research Foundation for SUNY. “Today’s action by the Board is beyond symbolic. It institutionalizes the highest of standards for SUNY research.”
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.4 million students amongst its entire portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2022, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.
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