Office of Research Compliance

Educational Materials

• NIH Certificate
  • The NIH certificate is needed for use in human subject research.  Certificates are good for 3 years, after which they must be taken again.
  • All faculty, staff, and students are required to have a current NIH Certificate of Completion on file with the ORC if they are involved with research.
    
• AAALAS Online Federally Mandated IACUC Training
  • The Online AALAS Learning Library provides IACUC training for animal researchers.  This is to fulfill the federally mandated training requirement when it cannot be completed in a timely manner by attending a training conducted by USM's attending veterinarian. 
  • The certification is good for 3 years from the date of completion.
    
    AALAS Training Instructions:
• Click on the "Continue Without Logging In" button.
• Read through all pages in the Introduction.  Click "Show All" or each page until you reach the end of the first lesson.
• Click "Next Lesson", and so forth through all lessons in the course.
• Read "Final Comments" lesson and then click "Final Exam" at the bottom of the page.
• Follow the exam instructions and take the exam. (A passing grade is required.)
• Upon completion, print your results, hand-write your name legibly on the certificate, and the date you took the exam.
• Submit your exam to the Office of Research Compliance, attention IACUC.