Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

Texas A&M University-Commerce requires all individuals conducting/participating in research projects that involves living vertebrate animals to complete training for Animal Care and Use in addition to Responsible Conduct in Research. This requirement is met by the successful completion of the appropriate online training modules from the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) website.

All individuals, principal investigators, co-investigators, post-docs, research assistants, undergraduate and graduate students and all other personnel engaged in research involving animal care and use must complete the CITI training modules and quizzes with a minimum score of 80%. Successful completion of the course is required and the course may be repeated as necessary to achieve the 80% score. At the time of completion, a certificate can be printed by the trainee and notification is sent to the Office of Sponsored Programs.

The time to complete the training modules may be 6-8 hours. Individuals may exit and resume the training at anytime. Once successfully completed, a refresher course is required every two years. A notification will be sent to you prior to the expiration of your training. At anytime, you may return to the training modules and print a certificate.

Beginning January 1, 2010, successful completion of the CITI modules (Animal Care and Use and Responsible Conduct of Research) is required before submission of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Protocol Form (AUP) for the care and use of animals.  Protocol forms will be reviewed only after the researcher has completed the CITI training.

Required Compliance Training before you can submit a protocol or have contact with your animals.

Please follow the steps below to register and begin your training:

Link to www.citiprogram.org
Click New Users Register Here
Select Texas A&M University-Commerce as your participating institution
Complete the remaining registration form

If you have not completed Responsible Conduct of Research training (details at http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/gradschool/research/responsible_conduct_training.asp ):
Select the Learner Group that applies to you for Responsible Conduct of Research

• Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research Course
• Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research Course
• Physical Science Responsible Conduct of Research Course
• Humanities Responsible Conduct of Research Course

Animal Care & Use Training (required for AUP approval):
Under Laboratory Animal Welfare, choose the Working with the IACUC Course; option, which will enroll you in the Basic Course for Investigators, Staff & Students. Also mark any appropriate species-specific electives offered. If you work with other species of vertebrate than those covered by the CITI modules, you must document your training in the appropriate space in your AUP application. Please see the Animal Care & Use page for more information.

Please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs if you have questions at 903-886-5143 or mona_gilley@tamu-commerce.edu.