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Research Security Training

On October 7, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The training applies to covered individuals listed on financial assistance applications, per Section 10364 of the . DOE defines a covered individual as "individual who (a) contributes in a substantive, meaningful way to the development or execution of the scope of work of a project funded by DOE or proposed for funding by DOE, and (b) is designated as a covered individual by DOE. At a minimum, DOE designates as covered individuals any principal investigator (PI); project director (PD); co-principal investigator (Co-PI); co-project director (Co-PD); project manager; and any individual regardless of title that is functionally performing as a PI, PD, Co-PI, Co-PD, or project manager." Training must be completed within "the 12 months immediately preceding the application date".

CITI Research Security Training Module

91³Ô¹ÏÍø employees who participate in a DOE proposal and meet the definition of covered individual can complete the Research Security Training (Combined) - Basic Course in CITI to meet the new training requirement. To access the training:

• Go to .
  • If you have a CITI account, enter "91³Ô¹ÏÍø" in the search box, pick Kent State from the list of choices provided, then click "Continue to SSO Login/Instructions.
  • If you do not have a CITI account, click on the "Registration" link, then click "Select Your Organization Affiliation". Enter "91³Ô¹ÏÍø" in the search box and select "91³Ô¹ÏÍø (SSO). Follow the instructions to register using your FlashLine credentials.
• Sign in with your FlashLine credentials. You will then see a page with "Welcome, <your name>" at the top, followed by a list of your courses.
• Scroll down to the bottom of the page to "Learner Tools for 91³Ô¹ÏÍø". Click "Add a Course".
• On the Select Curriculum page, select "Research Security" (last entry on the list), then click "Next".
• In the list of courses that appears, select the first option, "Research Security Training (Combined Course)". This condensed and combined single-module course is based on the four-module NSF Research Security Training. It takes approximately one hour to complete and has been designed to meet the NSF research security training requirement. Click "Next" to return to the My Courses screen.**
• Find the Research Security Training module in the list of courses and click "Start Now" to begin the course. Note: there will be an update to the Combined Course on October 10, 2025. If you start this module before October 10, 2025, be sure to complete the module and associated quiz no later than October 9, 2025. If you don't, you must start the module again once the update goes live.
• Once training has been successfully completed in CITI, Sponsored Programs staff will certify on the cover page of your NSF proposal that the research security training requirement has been met. The training is valid for one year.

**In addition to the combined course, you may select any of the other options on this page. The second option, Research Security Training (NSF Course), is the original four-module training, which takes approximately four hours to complete. The third option is a Research Security Advanced Refresher of eight 20-30-minute modules offering more information on specific topics.