IRB CITI Training

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program is a leading provider of research education training. It provides online training on a variety of topics related to research including the required training for CSUF IRB. All investigators, co-investigators, coordinators, and key personnel conducting research on human participants require the completion of the Social & Behavioral for Research Investigators training course. This includes anyone who will be directly responsible for study management, data collection, consent process, data analysis, transcription, participant recruitment or follow up. The CSUF IRB requires re-training every five years.

A minimum score of 80% on the final score and the scores of all the individual modules is required by CSUF IRB.

Be aware that completing the required modules for Social & Behavioral for Research Investigators takes about two to three hours to complete; all modules do not have to be completed during a single online session. To re-enter the course, you will be able to log back in with the username and password you created when you set up your initial CITI Program account.

NOTE: An IRB application cannot be processed until all personnel have completed the required CITI Training.

Step-by-step instructions on how to create a CITI Program account and register for the correct course for IRB can be downloaded below.

CITI Set Up Account Instructions

CITI Social Behavioral Basic Course Instructions

After completing the training, you will be able to download a PDF of the detailed Completion Report to upload onto your online Cayuse IRB application under the Introduction section.

CITI Completion Report Instructions

Sample of Social & Behavioral for Research Investigators CITI detailed completion report

The CSUF CITI modules are specific to the CSUF IRB requirements. Other agencies and institutions may have their own requirements and are not obligated to accept completion of the CSUF CITI training in place of those requirements. When conducting research with another institution or in conjunction with another agency, you may be required by the institution or agency to complete their specific training requirements (such as additional CITI modules), and/or complete refresher courses according to their renewal requirements (which may be more frequent than the CSUF requirement of every five years).