Training required in order to submit a grant
A REPA captures details about relationships between University employees and business entities.
REPA filers are required to complete the conflict of interest educational course once every four years.
Federal funding agencies are requiring senior/key personnel to certify in each proposal that they have completed research security training within one year prior to proposal submission, effective as of the following dates:
Department of Energy: for proposals submitted on or after May 1, 2025
National Institutes of Health: for proposals submitted on or after October 1, 2025
National Science Foundation: for proposals submitted on or after October 10, 2025
U.S. Department of Agriculture: specific timing TBD
**Research security training is administered through the CITI Program. The CITI Program Research Security Training (Combined) course takes about an hour to complete.
Research training
Human subjects protection training
Collaborative Institutional Training Institute Program (CITI) (required every three years)
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Training (required once)
Lab safety training (required annually)
Controlled substances tutorial (required once)
Hazardous Material Shipping Program (required if you ship regularly)
Animal use tutorial (required once along with continuing education)
NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare training materials (required once)
Research Occupational Health Program (required once)
Research compliance
Research guidance