{"id":2919,"date":"2026-06-10T17:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=2919"},"modified":"2026-08-15T03:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:02:35","slug":"training-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/guidance\/training-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Training requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-9551\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-9551<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:IRB@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> IRB&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">NAU Research<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Training requirements<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Required training to conduct human research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All members of the research team are expected to complete online training prior to conducting any activities related to the human research. IRB approval will not be granted for protocols in which study personnel do not have current, completed NAU CITI training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NAU research faculty, staff, advisors and students must complete the human subjects component of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/about.citiprogram.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)<\/a>\u00a0online training program. The CITI certification is valid for a four (4) year period, after which time refresher training must be completed. It is recommended that a copy of the completion report is printed and maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Training for non-university research personnel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collaborators and investigators whom the NAU IRB oversees through a collaborative institutional agreement (see <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/guidance\/single-irb-review\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2766\">Guidance Ceded IRB Review<\/a> for more information) must have valid human subjects training. The HRPP has set the following requirements for non-NAU personnel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Training from another university will be accepted in lieu of the NAU human subjects training. Investigators must submit a completion certification, including a list of the training modules for comparison. The Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) reserves the right to require individuals to take the NAU CITI program if the training is not comparable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>List of project personnel<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key personnel are required to be listed on the verification of human subjects training form and have current CITI training before they may conduct any activities related to the human research. The&nbsp;National Institute of Health&nbsp;(NIH) defines key personnel as, \u201cthe PI and other individuals who contribute to the scientific development or execution of a project in a substantive, measurable way, whether or not they receive salaries or compensation (\u2026).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HRPP requires that the form also include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Any person consenting subjects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Those having access to identifiable data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faculty advisors for student research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The study coordinator\/contact person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Version 2019-8<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":3147,"parent":2599,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2919","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2919"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5555,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2919\/revisions\/5555"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}