Research Security Training

• For CITI users, please follow these steps to add the course:
  • Visit the CITI Program website.
  • Navigate to "Add a Course" and select the "Research Security- Combined" training.
• For non-CITI users: 
  • Create a new account affiliated with Rutgers University.

Research Security Training Requirement | Department of Energy

• Covered Individual

  • A covered individual is an individual who  “contributes in a substantive, meaningful way to the development or execution of the scope of work of a project funded by DOE or proposed for funding by DOE”.

  • Covered individuals from recipients or subrecipients who are added to an existing DOE award must complete the training within 30 calendar days of joining the project. 

America First Memorandum for USDA Arrangements and Research Security | Home

• Requirements: 
  • Research Security Training for Covered Individuals: A covered individual is anyone who contributes in a substantive, meaningful way to the development or execution of the scope of work of a project proposed for funding.
  • As a term and condition of entering into an arrangement with USDA related to research and development (R&D) or science and technology (S&T), applicants must certify that research security training has been completed by covered individuals not more than one year prior to the date of application and must recertify annually for the duration of the award.

NOT-OD-25-133 (Effective 10/1/2025):
NIH Announces a New Policy Requirement to Train Senior/Key Personnel on Other Support Disclosure Requirements

• Requirements:
   
  • The NIH Notice requires NIH recipients to provide research security training to all faculty and researchers identified as Senior/Key Personnel. The training must be completed within 12 months prior to proposal submission.
     
  • Researchers identified as Senior/Key Personnel must disclose all research activities and affiliations (active and pending) in Other Support documents required as part of the Just-in-Time process.  Senior/Key Personnel must complete Rutgers' NIH Other Support Training by October 1, 2025, or at the time of submission of new proposals, no later than October 1, 2025.

NIH notice: Important Notice No. 154 (Effective 1/25/2026):
Updates to NIH Research Security (OSTP-aligned)

• Requirements

  • Covered individuals (senior/key personnel) must certify they completed approved research-security training within 12 months prior to application submission. NIH (with NSF/other agencies) will provide resources and a centralized certification process—details forthcoming.

NSF notice: Important Notice No. 149: Updates to NSF Research Security Policies | NSF - National Science

• Requirements

  • NSF requires research security training certifications from proposers and individuals identified as senior/key personnel by the proposer.  

  • NSF requires training that addresses cybersecurity, international collaboration, foreign interference, and rules for proper use of funds, disclosure, conflict of commitment, and conflict of interest.