Policy on Acknowledgement of Affiliation and Research Support

  1. AFFILIATION: Students in the CNBC training program, and faculty who are formally affiliated with the CNBC, are encouraged to include that information in their publications. One way to do this is to list the CNBC as a secondary department. Since the CNBC belongs to both universities, it can be listed with either one. Examples:
  2. Computer Science Department and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

  3. Department of Neuroscience and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

     

    In situations where it would be awkward to list the CNBC as a second department, the CNBC can be mentioned in the acknowledgments section instead. Example: "This research was sponsored in part by the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh." The exact wording can be varied to fit the situation.

     

  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RESEARCH SUPPORT: It is important that students and faculty who are funded in part by the CNBC, or who make use of CNBC facilities, include acknowledgment of CNBC support in their publications. Often there will be multiple sources of support to acknowledge in a paper; that's fine. For individual research grants, talk to the PI to find out the proper grant number to use. For training grants, here are some suggested wordings:

  5. IGERT training grant:

    This research was supported in part by National Science Foundation training grant DGE-9987588.

     

    CNBC/McClelland NIH training grant:
    [student name] was supported by NIH training grant MH 62011.

     

    CNUP/Zigmond NIH training grant:
    [student name] was supported by NIH training grant T32N507433.

     

    Lynne Reder's Psychology training grant:
    [student name] was supported by NIH training grant MH 19983.

     

    If CNBC-supplied computers were used for simulations or data analysis, or work was performed in a lab using equipment that was paid for by the CNBC, then it may be appropriate to acknowledge the CNBC itself as a source of support if there are no specific CNBC-affiliated grants to list:

  6. This research was supported in part by the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.
  7. MORE INFORMATION: If you have questions about funding sources or handling of acknowledgments, contact Darlene Thiel or Rebecca Clark at the CNBC, or talk to the PI on your research project.
 
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