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Online CITI Training

The Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development offers online training opportunities for research ethics and compliance training for University of Tennessee researchers.

CITI Training

ORIED offers online training through Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) that are available to all researchers at UT. Access CITI Training.

For information on RCR requirements or assistance with any CITI online compliance training contact oretraining@utk.edu.

Once logged in, users will be able to choose from the courses below:

Choose One:

  • Biomedical Focus Basic/Refresher — For most people in biomedical or other non-Social and Behavioral disciplines
  • Social and Behavioral Focus Basic/Refresher — For most people in Social and Behavioral or Humanities disciplines.
    • Note: The “IRB Member” and “IRB Chair” course options are for faculty who are serving as IRB members at the departmental or campus level, or as the IRB Chair.

This training is required for the IRB Chair.

If you are working on a project that requires RCR training (for example NSF or USDA award), you must provide your PI with a copy of your CITI RCR completion report and certificate.

  • Biomedical RCR (Nursing, Clinical Trials, etc.)
  • Social and Behavioral RCR (Psychology, Social Work, etc.)
  • Physical Sciences RCR (Engineering, Natural Sciences, etc.)
  • Humanities RCR (History, Philosophy, Foreign Languages, etc.)

Some sponsors require investigators to complete Conflict of Interest training. The following options are offered in CITI:

  • Conflict of Interest course for DOE
  • Conflict of Interest course for PHS
  • Other conflict of interest courses

This training is required for those working on an export-controlled project and is recommended for all faculty.

There are 5 modules under Export Control. Be sure to complete them all and take the tests as required (the UT specific module does not have a test).

  • U. S. Export Controls – General Overview
  • Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
  • The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
  • The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
  • The Preventive Export Control Program at the University of Tennessee

When you have satisfactorily completed all of the course requirements, you will see a link to print out a completion/grade report. Keep a copy of this report for your records.

The following research security training options are offered in CITI:

  • Research Security Training – 4-hour course – National Science Foundation (NSF) course that meets federal research security training requirement
  • Research Security Training (Combined) – 1-hour course – Combined and condensed version of NSF course that meets federal research security training requirement
  • Research Security Advanced Refresher

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