The CITI Responsible Conduct of Research course contains a set of modules, each with a quiz. An overall score of 80% or higher passes. The CITI course can be used to complete NSF and/or USDA-NIFA requirements. It does not apply to NIH. Any member of the UMass community with a NetID can enroll in any of the CITI courses and webinars.
Enrollment Instructions:
- Go to the CITI Program
- Select University of Massachusetts Amherst from the dropdown menu and click on Continue to SSO Login/Instructions.
- Enter your UMass Amherst NetID and Password. If this is your first time on the CITI platform, you may be asked to complete a profile or update an existing one.
- The Welcome dashboard lists your Active Courses, Courses Ready to Begin, and Completed Courses. If this is your first time at the site these sections will be empty.
- To add a course, go to the bottom of your Welcome dashboard. Under Learner Tools for University of Massachusetts, select Add a Course.
- On the Select Curriculum page choose Responsible Conduct of Research or Responsible Conduct of Research-Spanish and click Next.
- If you selected Responsible Conduct of Research, a list of Conflict of Interest Courses will appear on the following page. The Spanish version only has one available course.
- On the Selection page, choose the RCR course that is the closest match to your area of research.
- Click Next.
- A list of Webinars will appear on the next page. You may select any that are of interest. Click Next to move to the following page.
- CITI will return you to your Welcome dashboard, where your choice(s) will appear under Courses Ready to Begin. Select the Start Now to begin the training.
If you have any questions regarding this training please contact Melinda LeLacheur, Research Compliance Program Coordinator, at @email or (413) 545-5283.