NIH Disclosure Training
Research Compliance
Training and Certification Requirements
National Health Institutes (NIH) supported Senior/Key Personnel must complete training to disclose all research activities and affiliations (active and pending) in Other Support (see Other Support form). This new requirement to train researchers to comply with other support disclosure requirements adds to the current policy (see NIH Grants Policy Statement (GPS), Section 2.5.1 "Just-in-Time Procedures") in order to provide a comprehensive plan in the area of disclosure requirements for recipients.
Effective October 1, 2025, NIH senior/key personnel must complete trainings on requirements for the disclosure of other support to ensure they fully understand their responsibility to disclose all resources made available to the researcher in support of and/or related to all of their research endeavors, regardless of whether or not they have monetary value and regardless of whether they are based at the institution the researcher identifies for the current grant.
Frequently Asked Questions
Individuals identified as Senior/Key Personnel on NIH proposals.
This training should be completed prior to submission of NIH proposals.
Western Washington University (WWU) has partnered with the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) to provide a free online regulatory training course called "Disclosures and Transparency."
If you have completed this training with another institution, affiliate your profile with WWU to document it.
Refer to How to Register for CITI Trainings Instructions for a detailed explanation (includes screenshots).
The training consists of a 30 minute video followed by a quiz
In many cases, yes. The steps on the How to Register for CITI Trainings page will assist you if you have mistakenly chosen the wrong institution, your institution has changed, or you have an affiliation with more than one institution and need to transfer module completion credit.
If you would like to receive credit for modules previously taken, the certain requirements must be met.
Refer to instructions on the How to Access CITI Course Completion Certificates page.
Reminder! Make sure to save your Completion Certificate(s) as a PDF. We do not accept other formats.
How do I find the correct course for the disclosure requirement?
You can add the disclosure course to your WWU affiliated CITI account using our Add a CITI Course instructions (includes screenshots specifically for disclosure course).