The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) provides peer-reviewed, web-based educational courses in research, ethics, regulatory oversight, responsible conduct of research, research administration, and other topics. CITI courses are used worldwide by more than 2,200 organizations and more than 1 million learners around the world annually.
Follow these instructions to transfer your course history to Indiana University/IU Health:
Please Note: CITI learners can affiliate with more than one institution. Make sure you are reviewing courses completed under Indiana University/IU Health.
The Add a Course option in CITI presents you with a questionnaire to be completed regarding your research activities at Indiana University/IU Health. Your CITI courses are automatically added based on selected activities in the questionnaire. Select all applicable activities under the following question headings, then select Submit.
Please note: The former “Occupational Health and Safety and Laboratory Animal Allergens” trainings were modified in 2018 and replaced with the new “IUEHS Safety & Health for Animal Users Training”. The new IU EHS required course which replaced these courses is now automatically added to a CITI Learner’s dashboard when either of the below IACUC courses are added during registration (or manually selected via the Add a Course menu as mentioned).
For more information, refer to Add or Remove a course in CITI
Click on a "Learner Tools" link from any section in your dashboard, under the Courses tab, to see additional CITI learner options.
Completion reports or completion certificates may be accessed by:
Yes! You can add any course that interests you. For more information, refer to What courses should I take? and Add or Remove a course in CITI
Please note: CITI sends an expiration notification for all courses taken. Before adding additional courses, you may want to make note of those that are required.
If you have completed CITI training and it is not reflected as complete in Kuali Protocols…
If you have more than one CITI account, and cannot transfer courses between accounts. You may merge your CITI accounts by sending an email request to support@citiprogram.org. You must include the following with your request to merge accounts: name, CITI username, member number, and email address for each account; and, specify the account you wish to keep.
Are you an Investigator, research team member, or student doing Human Subject Research?
You must take the Human Subject Research course in order to submit to the IRB or be listed as part of the research team.
There are two educational tracks: Biomedical or Social and Behavioral. You should choose the track that correlates best with the type of research in which you are involved:
Initial and continuing education (every 5 years) will be required. Once the initial CITI modules are completed, users will complete refresher courses every five years. CITI offers an automated alert system to remind learners, by email, that refresher or recertification training is due.
Do you wish to take the RCR course or are you a student/faculty affiliated with an award with NSF or USDA-NIFA?
RCR educational modules are part of the NSF and USDA-NIFA educational requirements.
Please visit the responsible conduct of research requirements webpage (link: https://research.iu.edu/training/required/misconduct.html) for more information.
Are you an Investigator or a research team member doing Research with Animals?
If yes, select Working with the IACUC CITI educational course. This is required if you plan to use lab animals in your work.
Next, select the type of animal with which you work.
For BIACUC:
Animal users also need to complete the IUEHS Safety & Health for Animal Users Training course.
Are you a Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator conducting interventional clinical studies, or are you otherwise interested in Good Clinical Practice?
If yes, select the Good Clinical Practice CITI educational course.
The GCP educational course is a condition of IRB approval for Principal Investigators and Co-Principal Investigators conducting interventional clinical studies. Initial and continuing education (every 3 years) will be required.
Are you engaged in research subject to National Institutes of Health (NIH) requirement on dual use of research?
The Dual Use Research of Concern course is made available to the research community and is required for some research per the 2014 United States Government Policy for Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern.
Are you an investigator, research team member, or other personnel listed onan IBC protocol?
Are you an investigator, research team member, or other personnel listed on an IBC protocol that involves work with human or non-human primate blood, fluids, cells, or tissues?
Are you an investigator, research team member, or other personnel listed on an IBC protocol that requires N95 respirator?
Are you an investigator, research team member, or other personnel listed on an IBC protocol that involves any potential Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC)?
