In many countries, colleges and universities are where the majority of innovative research is done; in all cases, they are where future scientists receive both their initial training and their initial introduction to the norms of scientific conduct regardless of their eventual career paths. Thus, institutions of higher education are particularly relevant to the tasks of education on research with dual use potential, whether for faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, or technical staff.

Research in the Life Sciences with Dual Use Potential describes the outcomes of the planning meeting for a two-year project to develop a network of faculty who will be able to teach the challenges of research in the life sciences with dual use potential. Faculty will be able to incorporate such concepts into their teaching and research through exposure to the tenets of responsible conduct of research in active learning teaching methods. This report is intended to provide guidelines for that effort and to be applicable to any country wishing to adopt this educational model that combines principles of active learning and training with attention to norms of responsible science. The potential audiences include a broad array of current and future scientists and the policymakers who develop laws and regulations around issues of dual use.

Contents

• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPING A FRAMEWORK FOR AN INTERNATIONAL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON EDUCATION ABOUT RESEARCH IN THE LIFE SCIENCES WITH DUAL USE POTENTIAL
• BOARD ON LIFE SCIENCES
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms
• 1. Background
  • THE CONTEXT
  • INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON DUAL USE: ROLES OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
  • THE “SCIENCE OF LEARNING”
• 2. The NRC's MENA Project
  • THE PLANNING MEETING
• 3. Framework for a Faculty Development Program
  • PLANNING MEETING OUTCOMES: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EGYPTIAN PROTOTYPE INSTITUTE
  • DETAILS OF THE EGYPTIAN PROTOTYPE INSTITUTE: GOALS AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• 4. Summary
• References
• APPENDIXES
  • Appendix A Recommendations from the NRC report Challenges and Opportunities for Education about Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences
  • Appendix B Statement of Task
  • Appendix C About the Authors
  • Appendix D Planning Meeting Agenda and Participant List
  • Appendix E Examples of Other Networks or Train-the-Trainers Programs

This study was supported by Grant No. S-LMAQM-10-GR-087 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of State. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.