{"id":13922,"date":"2025-02-22T10:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/?page_id=13922"},"modified":"2026-09-23T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:37:50","slug":"training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/university-research\/compliance\/research-security\/training\/","title":{"rendered":"Training"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"parent":3082,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-13922","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"Research Security Training","subtitle":"Access the training by searching for \u201cResearch Security\u201d in MyPath","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"table_of_contents","anchor_id":"","css_classes":"","title":"","content":"Certain members of the University\u2019s research community need to complete Research Security training. Learn more about the training program, including why it\u2019s required and who needs to take it.","bg_color":"#ffffff","layout":"full_width","image":"","call_to_action":{"title":"Access the training in MyPath by searching for \u201cResearch Security\u201d","url":"https:\/\/mypath.rochester.edu\/","target":""},"aceppted_headings":["h2"],"ignored_headings":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"

Background<\/h2>","content":"Per federal law (the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022) and regulations (NSPM-33), federal agencies are in the process of implementing research security training<\/strong> requirements. This training is intended to provide learners with information on research security risks and threats to the global research ecosystem \u2014 and the knowledge and tools necessary to protect against these risks. As federal agencies implement their research security training requirements, researchers will be required to certify to federal agencies that they have satisfied the agency\u2019s training requirements.","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"card_grid","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"

NIH requirements and timeline<\/strong><\/h2>","description":"Effective for NIH applications submitted for due dates<\/em> on or after May 25, 2026<\/strong>, all senior\/key personnel<\/strong><\/a> listed on an NIH grant application<\/strong> must certify to NIH<\/strong> that they have completed research security training within 12 months of the date of application submission.\r\n\r\nIn addition, all senior\/key personnel who submit Other Support information to NIH<\/strong> (through Just-In-Time procedures, a Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR), or certain applications) must have completed research security training prior to submission. This training satisfies the NIH requirement that senior\/key personnel complete training related to the disclosure of Other Support effective October 1, 2025.","background_color":"#FFFFFF","width":"width-medium","columns":"2","cards":[{"card_title":"

DoW \/ DoD requirements and timeline<\/b><\/h2>\r\n\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\n ","card_text":"Effective October 1, 2026, all senior \/ key personnel listed on DoW \/ DoD applications must certify that they have completed research security training within 12 months of the date of application submission.","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"#283faf","card_link":"","card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":"","card_image_size":"","card_image_placement":"","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"

NSF requirements and timeline<\/strong><\/h2>","content":"To meet NSF certification requirements, all senior\/key personnel (which include all PIs and faculty) identified in an application to NSF on or after October 10, 2025 must have completed Research Security training within one year prior to proposal submission.\r\n\r\nTo facilitate compliance, it is strongly recommended that all PIs and faculty currently engaged in NSF-funded research take this training by October 10, 2025.","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"

DOE requirements and timeline<\/h2>","content":"To meet DOE certification requirements, all Covered Individuals (which include PIs and faculty) listed on DOE award applications as of May 1, 2025 must have completed Research Security training within one year prior to the date of an application to DOE.\r\n\r\nAccess the training by searching for \"Research Security\" in MyPath<\/a>","background_color":"#ffffff","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"

Other federal agency training requirements<\/h2>","content":"Other federal funding agencies are in the process of implementing similar Research Security training requirements that apply to \u201cCovered Individuals\u201d (e.g. PIs, Co-PIs, project directors, senior\/key personnel, and others identified as Covered Individuals by a federal funding agency). These requirements have not been finalized, and the Office of the Vice President for Research will update the research community as other agencies announce their requirements.","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"interstitial","anchor_id":"","classes":"","layout":"layout_inline","lead-in":"log into mypath","title":"

Take the training course<\/h2>","content":"To access the training, search for \"Research Security\" in MyPath. The course will take approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes to complete.","call_to_action":{"title":"Visit MyPath","url":"https:\/\/mypath.rochester.edu\/","target":""},"bg_color":"#00205b"},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion_new","anchor_id":"","classes":"","title":"

Frequently asked questions<\/h2>","description":"","background":"plain","background_color":"#ffffff","style":"row_blank","expand":"yes","accordions":[{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Why is research security training required?","icon":"","row_content":"The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (the \u201cCHIPS Act\u201d) requires that federal research agencies establish a requirement that each \u201cCovered Individual\u201d (discussed below) listed on a research application award certify to the agency as part of the application that they have completed research security training. It also requires that the University certify separately to the agency that such Covered Individual(s) have completed the training.\r\n\r\nIn response to the research security training mandate included CHIPS Act and in NSPM-33, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued Research Security Program Guidelines (the \u201cGuidelines\u201d) in July 2024. The Guidelines provide the University must have a research security program that includes the following elements:\r\n
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  1. Cybersecurity<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Foreign Travel Security<\/li>\r\n \t
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  4. Export Control Training<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nThe Guidelines provide that the University must certify<\/em> to federal agencies that it has implemented a research security training program for Covered Individuals and must certify<\/em> to federal agencies that Covered Individuals have completed the training.","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"What is research security training?","icon":"","row_content":"The U.S. government has defined \u201cresearch security\u201d as \u201csafeguarding the research enterprise against behaviors aimed at misappropriating research and development to the detriment of national or economic security, related violations of research integrity, and foreign government interference.\u201d Collectively, the laws, regulations, and University policies and procedures relating to research security aim to mitigate the threat to the U.S. research enterprise and individual researchers posed by parties who wish to take advantage of the culture of openness and collaboration of the U.S. research ecosystem. Research security training is designed to create awareness of, and protect against, these threats.","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Who needs to take research security training?","icon":"","row_content":"Per federal law, all Covered Individuals listed on applications for federal awards or otherwise designated by a federal agency will soon be required to complete research security training. Federal agencies are in the process of implementing their requirements.\r\n\r\nDuring the period of October 1, 2025 through January 24, 2026, all senior\/key personnel<\/a> who submit Other Support information to NIH (i.e through Just-In-Time procedures, a Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR), or certain applications) must have completed research security training prior to submission. Completion will also satisfy the new NIH requirement relating to training on Other Support disclosures.\r\n\r\nBeginning October 10, 2025, all senior\/key personnel identified in NSF proposals must certify to NSF that they have completed research security training within one year prior to the proposal submission.\r\n\r\nAs of May 1, 2025, all Covered Individuals listed on DOE award applications must certify to DOE that they have completed research security training within one year of the application date. Additional Covered Individuals that later join a DOE award proposed on or after May 1, 2025 will also be required to take this training before participating in award activities.","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"What is a \u201cCovered Individual?\u201d","icon":"","row_content":"A \u201cCovered Individual\u201d is defined by the CHIPS Act as \u201can individual who (a) contributes in a substantive, meaningful way to the scientific development or execution of a research and development project proposed to be carried out with a research and development award from a Federal research agency; and (b) is designated as a covered individual by the Federal research agency concerned.\u201d\r\n\r\nIn practical terms, the vast majority of University faculty\/investigators (e.g. PIs, Co-PIs, Senior Scientists, project directors, senior\/key personnel etc.) who are conducting research efforts under a federal award are considered \u201cCovered Individuals\u201d under this definition. Federal agencies may expand the list of individuals designated as a \u201cCovered Individual,\u201d as specified in the applicable Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and\/or terms and conditions of the federal award.","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"How do I access the training?","icon":"","row_content":"