Researchers at SUNY Brockport may be required to complete research training in accordance with their research, coursework, or specialty. Training is administered by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI). CITI Provides convenient and comprehensive online training modules for all students, faculty, and staff.
Please Note: Academic advisors of student researchers are required to have up-to-date CITI certification.
How to Register (First Time Users)
Follow this link to access the CITI Website
- On the registration page, in the “Select Your Organization Affiliation” field, fill in: SUNY - Brockport Then click “I AGREE” directly under the dropdown link
- Click “I affirm that I am an affiliate of SUNY - Brockport”
- Click the “Continue” button
- Do not click any domains in the “Independent Learner Registration” field
- Add your personal info
- Create your username and password and security question
- Select language preferences
- Complete demographic info
- SUNY email
- Highest education
- 800 number
- Department
- Role (“PI” is most common, or whichever best describes you)
- Address (Brockport address)
- Office phone
Select Your Curriculum
After completing a profile, users will be directed to a Curriculum Questionnaire, which will prompt users to select which modules they wish to add. Please answer each question in the form.
Each module will have a brief quiz at the end in which you need to receive a score of 80% to pass. If you don’t pass the first time, you can retake each quiz until you earn a passing score.
CITI Program issues “Completion Reports” for every course completed by a learner and are valid for up to three years. Your record of completion is available indefinitely for you to access online through the CITI website.
In response to many requests, CITI Program now also issues course “Completion Certificates” that learners may print or share. More information about CITI transcripts and Completion Reports are available here.
Human Subject Research Training
Researchers participating in Human Subject Research at SUNY Brockport are required to take the course “Group 2. Faculty, staff, graduate students and undergraduate students- Human Research.” All members of a study research team must have complete and valid CITI certification in this course in order for a study to be eligible for approval. New personnel added to studies must also complete this course prior to joining the study.
A refresher course is available for students and faculty who need to renew their Group 2 training before the certification expires. It can be added via the curriculum questionnaire in CITI.
When registering for CITI – please ensure you utilize your SUNY Brockport email, as the study submission platform (PACS) used by the IRB pulls information directly from CITI, but can only do so if SUNY Brockport credentials are used during the account creation process. Researchers also are advised to use the exact spelling and format of their first / last names during account creation to ensure cross-platform communication.
What is a Human Subject?
A living individual about whom an investigator conducts research and
- Obtains information, or through intervention or interaction with the individual, and uses, studies or analyzes the information; or
- Obtains, uses, studies, analyzes or generates identifiable private information
Intervention: Includes physical procedures by which data are gathered and manipulations of the subjects or the subjects’ environment that are conducted for research purposes.
Interaction: Includes communication or interpersonal contact between investigator and subjects. The interaction may be as remote as an anonymous, online survey
About whom: The investigator must be gathering information about the individual.
Definitions provided by the Office of Human Research Protections: 45 CFR 46.102.
Need help with your CITI training? Have a question? Contact Matt Kotula, Coordinator of Scholarship, Research & Sponsored Programs.