PHS, DOE, and some other federal agencies require researchers to take training before working on any funded projects for the first time and they must renew their training every four years. MSU requires the following CITI Training to meet this mandate:
Track Name: Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) for US DOE & PHS Awards
Track ID: RCR-T-1081
Course Name: Financial Conflicts of Interest: Overview Investigator Responsibilities and COI Rules (COI-Basic)
Course ID: CITI-2601-WBT
You must have the Track assigned in Ability for MSU’s systems to recognize that you completed the training. ORRS.train@msu.edu will send you an email reminder 30 days prior to the deadline. It can take a week for records to be imported into the MSU system. You will continue to receive reminders until Ability recognizes that you completed the training.
Other faculty, staff, and administrators are encouraged, but not required, to complete the training module at this time. These individuals may log in directly to CITI (see below).
If you would like CDM to provide in-person or virtual COI training to your unit, please email cdm@msu.edu. This training can either replace or supplement the CITI training.
There are two steps to make sure you get credit for taking the training. First, you must be assigned the FCOI “track” in Ability. Second, you must take the training in CITI. If you skip the first step, OSP will not receive notice that you have completed the training.
You do not need to take any additional action. You will receive notice from ORRS.train@msu.edu when your FCOI training expires.
PHS, DOE, and some other federal agencies require Key Personnel to take training before working on any funded projects for the first time. Key personnel on these awards must renew this training every four years. ORRS.train@msu.edu will send you an email reminder 30 days prior to the deadline. It can take a week for records to be imported into the MSU Ability system. You will continue to receive reminders until your training completion is recorded in the Ability training compliance system.
CITI hosts the COI Course (Financial Conflicts of Interest: Overview Investigator Responsibilities and COI Rules (COI-Basic)) that MSU assigns to researchers in order to meet this requirement. Ability is MSU’s learning management system (LMS) that assigns and tracks whether training has been completed.
You may contact ORRS.train@msu.edu, weekdays, for technical help, general questions, or special access to use the system. You may contact help@osp.msu.edu or your grants administrator for award-specific questions. You may contact cdm@msu.edu for general COI questions.Many federal agencies, including those that are part of the Public Health Service (PHS) and Department of Energy (DOE) require that Investigators and Key Personnel on their awards must take training once before beginning any work and every four years thereafter (with some exceptions). Those agencies define “Investigator” as someone who is responsible for “the purpose [DOE only], design, conduct, or reporting” of the proposed or funded research. Therefore, anyone who fulfills one of those roles is subject to these training requirements. The University may expand the training requirement as it deems necessary. See Faculty COI Policy, Section IV.
Individuals with research subject to the HRPP manual may have additional COI training requirements.