Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

Texas A&M University-Commerce (A&M-Commerce) expects its faculty and staff to uphold the highest standards of integrity and honesty in all their academic work. Scholarly misconduct will not be tolerated. As a result, one of the major responsibilities of a university is to create and maintain an environment that promotes research and scholarship. Because the credibility of research and scholarship, funded or non-funded, depends upon its integrity, Texas A&M 'University-Commerce requires all individuals associated with the University, including faculty, staff and other persons, to adhere to superior standards in the conduct of all research and scholarship activities. This requirement is met by the successful completion of the online training module 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 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.

Begin January 1, 2010, successful completion of the CITI modules (Responsible Conduct in Research) is required before beginning any research project. Please follow the steps below to register and begin your training:.

Required Compliance Training

Link to www.citiprogram.org/Default.asp?

Click New Users Register Here
Select Texas A&M University-Commerce as your participating institution Complete the remaining registration form
Please select the appropriate module from the following:

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

Answer the questions and select the items appropriate for responsible conduct in research.

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