Responsible conduct of research training
The KU Research Integrity team provides training and resources to help researchers engage ethically and responsibly in their work. Please contact us with questions about responsible conduct of research (RCR), or if you wish to arrange a presentation for your department, class, lab or other group.
Online CITI RCR training
Training on the responsible conduct of research (RCR) is provided through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) and is available to anyone with a KU online ID. Details for the RCR Basic Course are listed below.
Please email the RCR administrator with questions regarding specific training requirements, more information about each course, or accessing the CITI Program.
Documentation of your CITI RCR training
The Research Integrity team tracks RCR training that is required for researchers at all levels on projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Agriculture–National Institute of Food & Agriculture (USDA-NIFA), and National Institutes of Health (NIH). Please visit the Federal RCR Training Requirements page to learn more about specific RCR training requirements.
You must pass an overall average of 80% of quiz questions to obtain a completion certificate for the course. CITI Program records successful completion online in your CITI account. Individuals may also print and/or save a certificate after successful course completion.
For NSF and USDA-NIFA RCR requirements, the CITI RCR Basic Course should be completed within 30 days of receiving notice that RCR training is needed. Those needing an extended deadline should email the RCR administrator as soon as possible.
RCR Basic Course
Completion of this course satisfies the NSF and USDA-NIFA RCR training requirements, as well as the content — but not the in-person component — of the NIH RCR training requirements. The course takes approximately 2-4 hours to complete, and course completion is valid for 4 years from the date of completion. The full RCR Basic Course is also offered in Spanish.
Course modules include:
Introduction to RCR
Authorship
Plagiarism
Data management
Mentoring and healthy research environments
Research misconduct, research ethics and society
Collaborative research
Peer review
Conflicts of interest and commitment
Research involving human subjects
Using animal subjects in research
Registering for a CITI RCR course
Rapid registration
Quickly register with a single click or tap on either of the following courses:
Manual registration
- Click the Access CITI training button below.
- Enter “University of Kansas-Lawrence” into the search box to initiate KU single sign-on authentication. Log in using your KU online ID and password.
- If this is your first time signing into CITI at KU, click “Continue,” then follow these 3 steps:
- Click Continue
- Select I don’t have a CITI Program account and I need to create one
- Select Click here to create new CITI Program account
- Your CITI homepage: On the page after signing in, you’ll see your name in the upper right corner.
This is your CITI homepage for all your training activity in CITI. - Scroll down until you see Learner Tools for University of Kansas – Lawrence and
click the first link, Add a Course. - On the Select Curriculum page, scroll down to Question 3 and select the RCR Basic Course.
- IMPORTANT: Keep scrolling all the way to the bottom and click the blue Submit button.
- You’ll return to your CITI homepage and see the RCR Basic Course under Active Courses.
- Click the Start Now button to open the course.