Responsible & Ethical Conduct of Research Training

UPDATE:  As of 6/24/2025, the CITI RECR course list has been streamlined into a single option "Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (RECR).  Versions titled "Biomedical, Physical Science, Social & Behavioral, Engineering, and Humanitities are no longer available, but still count toward the sponsor requirements until they expire.

 

The online CITI Program contains a research ethics training course designed to meet the requirements of NSF and USDA-NIFA RECR policies.  Any member of the UMass community with a NetID can enroll in any of the CITI courses and webinars.

More information on sponsor-specific RECR traiing requirements can be found here. 

Enrollment Instructions:

  1. Go to the CITI Program
  2. Select University of Massachusetts Amherst from the dropdown menu and  click on Continue to SSO Login/Instructions.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. To add a course, go to the bottom of your Welcome dashboard. Under Learner Tools for University of Massachusetts, select Add a Course.
  6. On the Select Curriculum page choose Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research or Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research-Spanish and click Next.
  7. On the Selection page, choose Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (RECR)
  8. Click Next.
  9. A list of optional Webinars will appear on the next page. You may select any that are of interest. Click Next to move to the following page.
  10. CITI will return you to your Welcome dashboard, where your choice(s) will appear under Courses Ready to Begin. Select Start Now to begin the training​.
  11. There are 11 required modules and 5 supplimental (optional) modules. They do not need to be completed at one sitting.

For assistance with RECR training (including questions regarding CITI), contact Melinda LeLacheur, RECR Administrator, at @email or (413) 545-5283.