CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) Program

Required compliance training for University of Rhode Island Investigators and Study Personnel is offered through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, commonly called the CITI Program.

CITI training is required for:

• Human Subjects Research:Investigators and Study Personnel conducting biomedical research and/or social/behavioral research involving human subjects. All Investigators and Study Personnel should select the learner group, “Group I (Social Behavioral)” or the Refresher Course when your certification for this learner group is close to expiration. The Refresher Course will be available 60 days prior to the expiration of your current CITI completion.
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP): Investigators and Study Personnel conducting a clinical trial as defined by NIH should select the learner group, “GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Medical Devices (U.S. FDA Focus).”
• Animal Subjects Research:Investigators and Study Personnel conducting research involving vertebrate animals. Appropriate learner groups depend on the details of the research.
• Biosafety:Investigators and Study Personnel conducting research involving biological materials (refresher training only).
• Financial Conflict of Interest:Investigators conducting research funded by a PHS agency or other agency following PHS Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) Regulations.
• Responsible Conduct of Research:Graduate students with a research thesis or dissertation; post-doctoral researchers; researchers supported by National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), or U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Appropriate learner group depends on the discipline of the research; see “RCR Course Options” below for more details.
• Export Controls:Investigators and Study Personnel using or purchasing Export Controlled equipment, software, or technology.
• Research Security:Lead Principal Investigators and Key Personnel conducting research funded by any federal agency. All Lead Principal Investigators and Key Personnel should select the learner group, “Research Security Training (Combined Course).”

Accessing CITI Program and Enrolling in Courses

In 2022, the Division of Research and Economic Development implemented Single Sign On (SSO) for unified login into the CITI Program using university credentials and integration of the CITI Program certifications with the InfoEd System for Grants Management. Click here for CITI Program Direct Login via URI SSO.

Alternative method to log in from CITI Program website:

1. Visit the CITI Program Website: https://www.citiprogram.org/.
2. Click on the “Log In Through My Organization” tab. In the provided search box, type organization’s name (“University of Rhode Island”). ​Select your organization from the list that appears.​
3. You will be redirected to your URI SSO login page. Enter your URI SSO credentials.
4. Account association for first-time SSO users:

• If this is your first time accessing CITI via SSO and you have an existing CITI account, you may be prompted to link your existing account with your institutional login.​
  • Choose “I already have a CITI Program account” and provide your CITI Program username and password to merge accounts.
• If you do not have a CITI account, select “I don’t have a CITI Program account and I need to create one.”
  • Follow the prompts to complete the registration process, ensuring that your profile information is accurate and up to date.

Completing Courses

Available courses are listed on the landing page. Courses are classified as “Active” (i.e., in progress), “Courses Ready to Begin,” and “Completed Courses.”

• Click the “Continue Course” button to continue a course that is currently in progress.
• Click the “Start Now” button to begin a course.
• Click the “Review Course” button to review the content of a completed course.

Courses generally take from 30 minutes – 3 hours to complete. Courses need not be completed in one sitting.

When you have completed all the required modules successfully, you will be able to save a copy of your completion certificate. Please retain a copy of the certificate for your records. You can also access your completion certificate by clicking the “View – Print – Share Record” button for any completed course.

Note: CITI course completions are integrated into the InfoEd system automatically, so you will not need to upload your completion certificates. CITI course completions are not integrated into IRBNet, so you will be required to upload your CITI completion certificate with every protocol submitted on IRBNet.

Adding New Courses

1. At the bottom of the landing page under “Learner Tools for University of Rhode Island” click “Add a Course.” On this page you will be presented with all the modules available through CITI.
2. Scroll through the questions and choose the modules that fit your specific needs. Press “Submit” when done selecting courses.
   • Note: Choosing a module does not mean you necessarily have to complete it. It will only make these modules available for completion. See the top of this page for course requirements.

RCR Course Options

CITI provides RCR training courses specific to your field of study. Any of these courses will satisfy the RCR requirement. Choose the option that best relates to your work at URI:

RCR for Biomedical Researchers
RCR for Social/Behav/Ed Researchers
RCR for Physical Science Researchers
RCR for Engineering Researchers
RCR for Arts/Humanities Researchers

NOTE: Please maintain a copy of your CITI completion report as proof of having successfully completed the appropriate training course. There is also the option to link your CITI completion to your IRBNet account for easy access and maintenance of records.