Getting Started

Certification Requirement:

Education on the Protection of Human
Research Participants

As of October 1, 2000, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires researchers with NIH funding to have institutional certification of educational training with respect to the use of human subjects in research. Indiana University has adopted the use of Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), a web-based tutorial and testing site offering education modules on the basic principles and procedures related to the protection of human research subjects.

• Which Course do I take?
   Guidance on which CITI course to complete
   is located in the 'Tool kit' to the right.

• Guidance on which CITI course to complete

• CITI FAQs

• NIH Education Requirement

• NIH Human Subjects Education Documentation Form

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MAC and Linux-based operating system users should use the .doc (Microsoft Word) format only as we have experienced problems upon receiving .rtf forms from those users.

When you have completed all applicable forms, please submit them to the email address listed under 'Contact us' to the left.

Announcement:
New Human Subjects Research Education Requirement:
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

The Office of Research Administration (ORA) and the IRB Executive Committee are pleased to announce that the IU Institutional Review Board (IRB) will begin using the educational programs of the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) to meet the educational requirements for conducting research with human subjects effective October 1, 2010. Read full announcement >