The Arab Academy for Responsible Conduct of Research (AA-RCR) was established as an outcome of the Research Ethics Education program in Jordan funded by Fogarty/NIH USA since 2016. The academy aims to educate about the responsible conduct of research (RCR) in the Arab region and to promote its dissemination. This includes supporting and conducting activities of RCR in the region such as distributing educational materials, holding RCR awareness workshops, conduction of online and face-to-face short courses, online training modules, and organizing conferences in Bioethics. The AA-RCR is independent as an entity but affiliated with the Society for Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World (SASTA) as the umbrella organization. The academy will eventually be the home of the online certification program in Arabic for RCR. It will offer consultation services for researchers across the Arab region by capitalizing on the prior training of its members. Additionally, the academy convenes an annual international bioethics conference.

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