Research Security training is an element of UMB’s Research Security Program and is required by many federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation, and Department of Energy.
Covered Institutions must certify annually that Covered Individuals have completed compliant research security training. In addition, Covered Individuals and Senior/Key Persons must certify that they have completed research security training within 12 months of the date of application submission.
Covered individual or Senior/Key Person – an individual who
- 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
- Designated as a covered individual by the federal research agency concerned.
Consistent with NSPM-33, this means principal investigators (PIs) and other senior/key personnel seeking or receiving federal research and development funding.
This training provides information on risks and threats to the global research ecosystem and the knowledge and tools necessary to protect against these risks. UMB’s Research Security team has launched the UMB Research Security training to satisfy the federal Research Security requirements.
Description of the UMB Research Security Training:
- UMB designed, university-specific research security training
- Developed in partnership with UMB Employee Learning and Development, Human Resources
- Includes four (4) separate sections
- Mirrors NSF Training
- Total time to complete is 1 hour 20 minutes (80 minutes)
- Ability to save and return
- High-level content with links and resources to UMB policies and office contact information
- Contains knowledge checks and specific examples of certain activities
- Housed in Percipio
- Certificate generated and archived in Percipio
UMB Research Security Training in Percipio
Brief descriptions of each of the four sections that comprise the UMB Research Security Training are listed below. Quick Reference Guides (QRGs) are provided for reference.
Section 1: Research Security Overview. Learn key concepts of research security and how to recognize situations that may indicate undue foreign influence. Understand the regulatory landscape that shapes research security and discover what you can do to safeguard the core values that underpin U.S. academic research.
Module 1 QRG on What is Research Security
Section 2: Disclosures. Learn about federal funding agency disclosure requirements, including types of information that must be disclosed, how that information is used, and why such disclosures are fundamental to safeguarding the U.S. research enterprise from foreign government interference and exploitation.
Module 2 QRG on Disclosure
Section 3: Manage and Mitigate Risk. Learn to identify types of international collaborative research and professional activities, associated potential risks, and strategies and best practices for managing and mitigating such risks. Learner experience will be customized based on their role as either a researcher or administrator.
Module 3 QRG on Manage and Mitigate Risk
Section 4: International Collaboration. Learn about the role of principled international collaboration in U.S. science, innovation, and economic competitiveness. Discover how to balance principled international collaboration with research security concerns and foster an open, welcoming research environment that fulfills research security needs.
Module 4 QRG on International Collaboration