Any person who wishes to conduct research must first complete research ethics and compliance training before they are allowed to participate in any aspect of research activities.
If you are planning to take any part in conducting a research study (whether it is your own independent study, senior thesis project or working in a professor’s lab), you will need to complete the CITI program. If you have never completed the CITI program before, you need to register.
What needs to be done once the CITI Program is completed?
Once you have completed the program you can print/email your completion certificate and send it to the appropriate persons (e.g. the PI of your research lab).
IRB Submission and Online Ethics Certification:
For more information, visit the IRB and IRB protocol submission guide.
Student IRB protocol submissions must have a faculty member as a collaborating investigator (i.e., a co-PI). Faculty advisors must first review and approve any IRB protocol prior to submission.
CITI Online Ethics Training (good for 3 years):
- Visit CITI program homepage
- Click Log in > LOG IN THROUGH MY INSTITUTION
- Select Pomona College and sign in using your credentials. Click Accept
- Select I DONT HAVE A CITI PROGRAM ACCOUNT AND I NEED TO CREATE ONE > CREATE A NEW CITI ACCOUNT
- Select VIEW COURSES > Select ADD A COURSE
- Select “Human Subjects Research (HSR)” and complete the “Social-Behavioral-Educational Research” basic course, which contains 9 modules.
- In COURSES READY TO BEGIN, select START NOW. Click I AGREE.
Note: If you have previously completed online ethics training for research or a course, you may upload your certificate from up to 3 years prior.
Complete the 9 required modules, with at least 80% correct answers. Training typically takes about 1-1.5 hours to complete.
For IRB or ethics certification questions, contact Andy Schuster or Associate Dean Stephen Marks.