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?

  Yes     No


You answered: Yes. 

Next question: Is your salary paid by NIH? 

  Yes     No


You answered: Yes. 

Next question: Are you a student or a postdoc?

  Yes     No


You answered: Yes.

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. 

  Yes     No


You answered: Yes.

Next question: Have you ever had RCR training before?

  Yes     No


You answered: Yes. 

Next question: Was the last time you had RCR training less than four years ago?

  Yes     No


You answered: No. 

Next question: Is any part of your research or salary funded by NSF or USDA NIFA? 

  Yes   No

Flowchart Answers

   None.

No RCR training is required. CITI RCR is suggested. 


   CITI RCR course. 

Instructions here. 


   GRAD5000.

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.

   CCARS.

You are required to take CCARS: Crash Course Advanced RCR for Senior Graduate Students and Postdocs.

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