Whether you are seeking FSW's IRB approval or you are asking to cede IRB oversight to another institution, FSW requires that the PI has completed human subjects research training. FSW accepts training from the National Institute of Health (NIH), the Collaborative Institute Training Initiative (CITI), or FSW's in-house human subjects training. If you don't yet have human subjects research training, the current FSW approved training platforms available for the types of research presently conducted at FSW are FSW's Protecting Human Research Participants (PHRP) Tutorial and the CITI Social-Behavioral-Educational (SBE) Basic training course (NIH training is no longer available). Below are the training options.
| Training Options | Cost | Recognition Beyond FSW |
|---|---|---|
| FSW Protecting Human Research Participants (PHRP) Tutorial Online | Free | Depends on the institution |
| U.S. Human Research Protection Foundational Training | Free | Depends on the institution |
| Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) | Approx. $150 | 95% of Carnegie R1 research universities |