Reprinting the NIH Certificate

    For all researchers who have taken the "NIH Course in The Protection of Human Research Subjects" training from Missouri State's training module and may need a copy OR would like to confirm that other researchers have completed the training as of three years prior to July 1, 2006, the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs (OSRP) is providing a database search and reprint of persons who have completed the requisite course.

Note: To protect your personal data, you MUST close your browser before leaving this work station.

The above webpage has a link to open a Excel Spreadsheet to search for names of learners. Click the link to Open the Excel Spreadsheet, then Save it to your desktop.

Note: As of July 1st, 2006, the NIH course has been discontinued and replaced with the CITI course. If you took the NIH course as of three years since July 1st, 2006, you need to take the CITI Refresher course.

If this will be your first time taking a Human Subjects training, then you need to take the CITI Basic course (Biomedical or Social and Bahavorial).

As stated in Section 2.8.4 of the Faculty Handbook, "All research involving human subjects in any way, regardless of the source of support funds, must be reviewed by the Protection of Human Subjects Institutional Review Board (IRB) before it is undertaken."

The University policy is in accordance with the federal government regulations 45 CFR 46 - "Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects".  The regulation defines research as “systematic investigation, including research, development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalized knowledge.”  Projects involving human subjects must receive prior approval from the University’s Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects (IRB).  In addition, faculty, staff and students having access to information obtained from human subjects must complete training before engaging such a project.     

The University shifted from the NIH to the CITI course as of July 1st, 2006. Thereafter, approval of a research project by the IRB requires that all investigators complete the CITI Basic Course. Those who have completed the NIH course within the last three years are exempted from this requirement. In the future, previously approved researchers will have to complete the CITI Refresher Course every three years to remain eligible to conduct human subjects research. In general, the principles stipulate responsibilities of investigators, whose activities regarding use of human subejcts are subject to oversight by an Institutional Review Board (IRB).