Institutional Review Board (Cayuse Era)
IRB Training
The IRB requires all individuals who will have contact with human participants in a research study to receive human participant training prior to seeking protocol approval. MTSU uses the CITI program to enforce this mandatory Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) requirement.
- Visit www.citiprogram.org
- Register for CITI (Important: Please ensure to add Middle Tennessee State University as your institutional affiliation and list your MT email address (e.g. mtmail.mtsu.edu or @mtsu.edu) as your primary email address in CITI.)
- Click me to learn how to register for the Social and Behavioral Research training courses and other mandatory modules.
Who has to complete the training?
All those who will directly or indirectly intervene with the data collection in an MTSU-sponsored research activity involving human participants
All Non-MTSU researchers who are collaborators or co-investigators in a protocol that requires MTSU IRB oversight
All MTSU faculty, staff, and students who are engaged in research with human participants
Any individual who serves on the IRB as a member, administrator, or student representative
Mandatory Modules to complete:
For Students
- Complete the “Social and Behavioral Research” and “Students in Research“
For Faculty / Staff
- Complete the “Social and Behavioral Research” training
Additional Required Courses and Modules
- If the study is funded by a federal agency, then all of the researchers in the study must also complete “Responsible Conduct in Research” relevant to the field of study.
- Review the CITI Training Table to make sure that any additional modules or courses are completed as appropriate for your research project.
| Research Type / Population | Required Course/Module |
| Prisoners | Research with Prisoners |
| Minors | Research with Children |
| Elementary and Secondary Education | Research in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools |
| International | International Research; International Studies |
| Online | Internet-Based Research |
| Health Information | Health Information Privacy and Security Course |
For Existing Users:
For general information on how to enroll in a CITI course Click here.