Registration instructions for CITI Training  

The NAU Institutional Review Board (IRB) uses The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) program as its required tutorial. All Northern Arizona University faculty, staff, and students planning to conduct research or work on a research project must successfully complete the tutorial.  

The CITI program is an online collection of learning modules focusing on different aspects of IRB and Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). At the end of each module is a short quiz. The collective results of the tutorial are required with your application for approval for research. Updated quiz results are required every two years. For questions about this policy or the CITI program, contact Paula Garcia.

Getting started with CITI

1. Click on the link that takes you to the CITI Program.

2. Click on “New Users Register Here.” This will take you to course registration.

3. Under “Select your Institution or Organization,” find Northern Arizona University in the drop down box under “Participating Institutions.” Do not enter anything else in the other drop down box fields. Under “Select your Username and Password,” enter a unique username and password according to the parameters described in the instructions. Try to remember or keep this username and password on hand so you can access CITI at any time. Enter your name and e-mail address.  

4. Click “Submit.” This will take you to a second registration page. Here, you need to enter:

  • your language preference
  • your e-mail address
  • your gender
  • the highest degree obtained
  • the most applicable research role (select whichever option best describes you, as this will not affect the curriculum you are assigned)
  • an office phone
  • an answer to the survey contact question

5. For the question “Which course do you plan to take?” select from the following:

  • for social, psychological, educational, or other related research, select “Basic Human Subjects – Social and Behavioral Focus”
  • for clinical or biomedical research, select “Basic Human Subjects – Biomedical and Social and Behavioral Focus”
  • if you must take a research ethics course for NSF or NIH, select “Responsible Conduct of Research”

6. On the third registration page, respond to the question by clicking all that apply and click “Next Question.”

7. Respond according to whether you have taken the “Basic Course in Protection of Human Research Subjects” and click “Next Question.”

8. Select the learner group that most appropriately applies to you and click “Next Question.” 

9. At this point, you will be asked a series of questions that vary according to your learner group. Respond to the questions according to your situation. Click “Back” at the top of your screen if you need to change a response. You are now at the main menu, which will come up automatically every time you log into the CITI program.

11. To begin reviewing the modules and taking the quizzes, click “Enter” under “My Courses” to see a listing of all the courses you are registered to take and the Integrity Assurance Statement.

12. Click the “Integrity Assurance Statement” and read the information. You must respond to the item at the bottom in order to move ahead with the quizzes.   

13. You may also elect optional modules such as “Research with Children” or “Research in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools.” The optional modules become available only after you have taken the core course.  

14. You can save your CITI completion report as a Word document or PDF file to attach to your online IRB application. You will not receive e-mail confirmation from CITI regarding your completion of the tutorial.

15. You can log back into CITI to:

  • take modules
  • change your learner group
  • access your tutorial completion

Your CITI login and password may not be the same as your Northern Arizona University login and password.