The NIH definition of clinical research is quite broad and will impact a large fraction of the JMU campus NIH research involving human subjects. Principal Investigators on projects involving human subjects research and all personnel who are directly responsible for the design and conduct of the human subjects part of the project must be trained prior to working with human subjects. This includes key foreign and domestic personnel on subcontracts and consultants and applies whether or not these individuals are compensated from the award.
Training is required only once during the project period.
This is required regardless of research funding source. Investigators carrying out federally-sponsored research that involves human subjects can obtain further training on the web at this NIH site . Completing training through NIH does not release you from having to complete the web-based training package mentioned above.