To create an account in the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program, on the citiprogram.org home page, click on the Register button in the upper right. Click on “Log in through my Organization” at the top of the page. Enter “University of Connecticut Health Center” in the search box. Follow the prompts to create a new account.

Once you are logged in to citiprogram.org under your “University of Connecticut Health Center” affiliation, select “add a course” at the bottom of the screen. On the next screen, select “I would like to review the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) courses.” Next, choose the appropriate course for your research: Biomedical, Social and Behavioral, Physical Science, Humanities, Engineers, Administrators. The next page that appears should have a message in green at the top that says: “You are now enrolled in the course(s) you selected.” Then scroll down the page to click “start now” next to the RCR course. A copy of your Completion Report will be accessible to you and the RCR Program at any time from the CITI Program.

Which CITI RCR course should I select for my area of research?

• Biomedical Research RCR Course – research in areas like life sciences, biomedical, health sciences, basic biological research, etc.
• Social and Behavioral Research RCR Course – research in areas like anthropology, communication, economics, geography, communication, criminology, international studies, journalism, political science, psychology, sociology, speech and hearing, education, etc.
• Physical Sciences RCR Course – research in areas like physics, earth sciences, chemistry, microbiology, evolution and ecology, astronomy, mathematics, energy, aerospace, lasers, etc.
• Humanities RCR Course – research in areas like visual or performing arts, arts education, English or other languages, religious studies, gender studies, literature, history, etc.
• Engineering RCR Course – research in general engineering fields. This course is very similar to the Physical Science course.
• Research Administrators RCR Course – If you assist in the administration of research rather than the direct conduct of the research, you should select the Research Administrators course.

 

For questions, please contact Research Compliance Monitor, Ellen Ciesielski, in the RCR Office.