Information about Certification The NIH instituted a policy that requires all proposals for contracts and grants for research involving human subjects submitted after October 1, 2000 certify that all key personnel have received education on the protection of human research subjects. Federal-Wide Assurance (FWA) with the Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Human Research Protections (DHHS/OHRP) assures the government and the public that we will ensure the protection of the rights and welfare of all human subjects participating in our research regardless of funding source. To this end, the campus will apply the same standards for certification of key personnel to all human research proposals prior to submission of the project to our Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) for review and approval or for a Claim of Exemption. Individuals can complete the training by using a web-based training program that uses some materials available from NIH and some materials specifically developed for UCLA. This program is available at http://www.training.ucla.edu. Training and testing may be accomplished on-line and a certificate will be printed out at completion of the training and testing. |
