Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

Required For all Principal Investigators, Faculty Advisors, and Key Personnel of Human Subject Research Studies including outside collaborators:

• Basic Course [Complete any or all basic courses as applicable to your research]:
  • Biomedical / Clinical Research Investigators Basic
  • Social & Behavioral Research Basic

Required For all Researchers conducting NIH-Funded Clinical Studies

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Course [Any or all GCP courses as applicable to your research];
  • GCP - Social and Behavioral Research Best Practices for Clinical Research
  • GCP (US FDA focus) Basic
  • GCP - Clinical Trials Involving Investigational Medical Devices (international focus) Basic
  • GCP - Clinical Trials Involving Investigational Drugs (International / ICH focus) Basic

NOTE: All NIH-funded clinical investigators and clinical trial staff who are involved in the design, conduct, oversight, or management of clinical trials can learn about the requirement to be trained in Good Clinical Practice (GCP): Learn More.

Optional CITI Courses For All Users:

• Conflicts of Interest: Stage 1

Optional CITI Courses For All Users:

• Export Compliance: Stage 1

Optional CITI Courses For All Users:

• Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research: Stage 1 - RCR
• Humanities Responsible Conduct of Research: Stage 1 - RCR
• Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research: Stage 1 - RCR
• The RCR for Business and Science - GROUP A: Stage 1 - RCR
• The RCR for Business and Science - GROUP B: Stage 1 - RCR
• The RCR for ECE: Stage 1 - RCR

Optional CITI Courses For All Users:

• Undue Foreign Influence: Risks and Mitigations
• Foreign Influence: Risks and Mitigations 
• Cybersecurity and Compliance Considerations for Safeguarding Research (ID 20163)                      
• Introduction to Undue Foreign Influence Impacts and Concerns in Academia (ID 20161)                         
• Nondiscrimination Considerations When Managing Undue Foreign Influence (ID 20164)  
• Reporting, Research Integrity, and Effective Practices to Manage Undue Foreign Influence Risk (ID 20162) 

1. Visit the CITI website.
2. Click the "Log In" button on the top right.
3. Click the "LOG IN THROUGH MY INSTITUTION" tab.
4. Select "Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey (All Campuses)".
5. Log In with your Rutgers NetID.

1. Log Into CITI.
2. Under Institutional Courses, select: "Rutgers- The State University of New Jersey (All Campuses)" then "View Courses".
3. Scroll to the Bottom of the webpage.
4. View the "Learner Tools for Rutgers- The State University of New Jersey (All Campuses)"
5. Select "Add a Course"
6. Select the appropriate Course Topic of Interest then Next.
7. Select your course(s) in the selected grouping.
8. Now they will now appear in your "Courses Ready to Begin" list.

When researchers successfully complete their CITI Training courses, they should retain a copy of their CITI Completion Report, which they can use as proof of CITI completion.

1. Log Into CITI
2. Click "Records" on the top of the webpage
3. Under the course you are viewing, click "View-Print-Share" for each applicable course.
4. Save a PDF for future use.

A place where you can easily find solutions and ask questions:

• View the CITI Support Center
• Contact CITI by Phone