Two hundred researchers from across the country begin the Kaizen-R2T contest, an effort to share more broadly an innovative way to gain formal training in Rigor, Reproducibility and Transparency competencies. Kaizen is an application-based learning platform that leverages a quiz game format to provide a fun yet competitive training environment. This tool is now being shared beyond the CCTS Partner Network through an international R2T game, organized by the CCTS and the Edge for Scholars. The R2T game meets NIH policy requirements for Rigor, Reproducibility and Transparency training.

Participants have been divided into ten teams of 20 players. The training will address the four key areas of Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency emphasized by the NIH: rigor of prior research, authentication of key biologic resources and chemical reagents, relevant biologic variables and scientific rigor. All members of the first team to successfully complete the game will win $50 gift cards to Piece of Cake. The teams span an impressive number of different universities and institutions: 

Albany College of Pharmacy	The University of Antwerp
Auburn University	The University of California Davis
Baylor University	The University of Kentucky
Case Western Reserve University	The University of Maryland
Columbia University	The University of Mississippi
Cornell University	The University of Nebraska
Duke University	The University of New Mexico
Indiana Clinical & Translational Science Institute	The University of South Carolina
Indiana University	The University of Tennessee
Kaiser Permanente	The University of Washington
MDI Biological Laboratory	The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	The University of Massachusetts
Northeastern University	UT Southwestern Medical Center
Northwestern University	Unisinos
Oregon Health and Science University	Universidad Nacional
Rush University	Vanderbilt University
Rutgers University	Virginia Commonwealth University
The George Washington University	Wake Forest University
The Ohio State University	Washington University St. Louis
The University of Alabama	Yale University
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

We wish all the players well as they compete over the next few weeks! If you are interested in securing a spot in the next round of R2T training with Kaizen, you can register here.