RCR Training Requirements
Are you required to take RCR training?
Start here.
Is your salary or research paid by a NIH, NSF or USDA NIFA grant?
Next question: Is your salary paid by NIH?
Next question: Are you a student or a postdoc?
Next question: Is your salary funded by one of the following grant types?
NIH Grants that Require RCR: D43, D71, F05, F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F37, F38, K01, K02, K05, K07, K08, K12, K18, K22, K23, K24, K25, K26, K30, K99/R00, KL1, KL2, R25, R36, T15, T32, T34, T35, T36, T37, T90/R90, TL1, TU2, and U2R.
Next question: Have you ever had RCR training before?
Next question: Was the last time you had RCR training less than four years ago?
Next question: Is any part of your research or salary funded by NSF or USDA NIFA?
Flowchart Answers
No RCR training is required. CITI RCR is suggested.
Instructions here. NSF funded researchers must also take CU Boulder’s Research Security Course.
A semester-long weekly class on Wednesdays from 5–6 p.m.
- Students register as a typical class.
- Postdocs or non-students register for the continuing education class.
- Registration costs $90. Continuing education registration instructions here. Email rcr@colorado.edu to get a permission number.
- The first 5 postdocs who register will have tuition waived via a grant from the postdoc association.
You are required to take CCARS: Crash Course Advanced RCR for Senior Graduate Students and Postdocs.
- This is a free two-day workshop in January.
- If you cannot make this workshop, you must take GRAD5000.