CITI is an online course aimed at educating on appropriate research practices. CU Boulder requires all researchers complete and maintain training with a minimum score of 80/100. The CITI requirement applies to all research regardless of review categories. 

CITI training is valid for 3 years after completion. After ever three years you must complete a refresher course. You will receive a reminder from CITI every 90, 30, and 7 days prior to training expiration to complete the refresher course. You will receive one final reminder one day after your certification expires. It is your responsibility to keep your CITI training current. 

All research submissions will be returned without review if any key personnel (e.g. principal investigator, co-investigators, faculty advisor, etc.) on a study does not have a valid training status. 

All researchers involved with a protocol being reviewed by the IRB will need to complete the Social Behavioral Research Investigators and Key Personnel or Biomedical Research Investigators and Key Personnel course as appropriate for your research. The Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) course is separate from the human research courses and does not satisify IRB CITI requirements.

CU Boulder is part of CITI's Single Sign On (SSO) initiative which means you can login or create a new account by using your CU identikey and password. 

There are two ways to login: (1) directly from the SSO portal or (2) from the CITI website.

From the SSO Portal

  1. Go to https://citi.colorado.edu   
  2. Login with your CU credentials 

From the CITI Website

Instructions:

  1. Go to www.citiprogram.org
  2. Click on the “Log in via SSO” button
  3. Find and click on the “University of Colorado at Boulder” link in the list
  4. Login with your CU credentials

Having issues with your account? See the CITI SSO Help page.

  1. The IRB will not accept submissions with incomplete or expired CITI Training. ALL Investigators and Key Personnel must be up-to-date.
  2. Create an account by using the CITI SSO portal. This will ensure your identikey and personal information are linked to your CITI account. 
  3. Add your Employee ID or POI# to your CITI profile. This number is what eRA uses to retrieve your training record. If your profile does not have the correct identification number, the IRB office is not aware of your current training status. 
  4. If you have multiple CITI accounts, merge them. If you have forgotten your username or password, click here. If you have multiple accounts, contact CITI support to merge your accounts.
  5. Once you have completed the training in the CITI system, your training will take 1 day to update in our system. 
  6. If you received an 'Incomplete' due to CITI Training, you will need to submit a Response in eRA before the review can resume.
  7. Training is valid for 3 years. Complete the refresher course before study expiration or study renewal or you will risk your study's IRB approval.

 

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