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Research and Commercialization Complex
Mail Stop 218
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Training

The University of Toledo is committed to supporting a culture of research excellence, integrity, and compliance through comprehensive training resources for faculty, staff, and students engaged in research activities. The Research Training program provides essential guidance on required certifications, regulatory expectations, and best practices to ensure investigators are prepared to responsibly conduct, manage, and oversee research. Whether you are new to research at UToledo or maintaining ongoing compliance with federal and institutional requirements, these training resources are designed to help you navigate the evolving research landscape with confidence.
 
Required Training

The University of Toledo requires all researchers - faculty, staff and student to complete the below trainings:

Conflict of Interest (COI) 

Conflict of Interest (COI)

COI Training ensures that UToledo faculty, staff, and student researchers understand their responsibilities for identifying, disclosing, and managing external financial interests in research, in accordance with institutional and sponsor requirements.  

Research Security

Research Security

Research security focuses on safeguarding the research enterprise - including data, intellectual property, and funding - from risks such as misuse, theft, or undue foreign influence, helping protect national and economic interests while maintaining the integrity of research. 

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

RCR establishes the standards, rights, and responsibilities for ethical research and scholarship, including proper collection, use, and management of research data and adherence to institutional and regulatory requirements.  

Additional Training

Human Subject Research (IRB)

Human Subject Research (IRB)

All study personnel engaged in human subject research (including research using information and specimens from human subjects) are required to complete the applicable training mandated by the Terms of our Federalwide Assurance.

Institutional Animal Care Program (IACUC)

IACUC IRB Manager

Training resources for personnel involved in animal use to support the use of IRB Manager for submitting applications and managing IACUC protocols in accordance with institutional processes.
 

Department of Laboratory Animal Resources (DLAR) 

All personnel involved in animal research are required to be listed on an approved IACUC protocol and to complete the applicable CITI training and Department of Laboratory Animal Resources (DLAR) training necessary for their specific roles prior to working with animals.

 

Research and Innovation
419.530.2844
Mail Stop 218
Research and Commercialization Complex

Last Updated: 8/19/26