Items to Complete

Communication Timeline - all deadlines are listed below with the linked documents

  • All offers will include Participation agreement forms and an Expectation document for you to complete. To accept the offer, you must complete these documents before continuing. 
  • Week of April 7th - Sarah will send a reminder to complete all payroll forms. (linked below)
  • Week of April 21st - Sarah will send out the research project survey for you to complete. 
  • Week of April 28th - Sarah will send out the ISU Card Form, Roommate Survey, and Dietary Restrictions and Accomodations survey
  • Week of May 5th - Sarah will send out a reminder to complete your CITI training and your roommate assignments
  • Week of May 12th - Sarah will send you details on your airport shuttle
  • Week of May 19th - Sarah will send out roommate assignments

Payroll Forms

Research Project Preference Survey

  • Please complete the research project preference survey by midnight Wednesday, April 30, 2025

ISU Card Form

Please complete this ISU Card Form Download this ISU Card Form and email it to Sarah by Friday, May 2, 2025

Roommate Matching Questionnaire

Special Dietary Needs

  • If you have any special dietary needs that you did not include in your registration packet, these should be submitted at this link Links to an external site. by Friday, May 2, 2025

CITI Training

  • Please do CITI training anytime before Friday, May 9, 2025  – please follow the steps below:
    1. Before you arrive at ISU, please complete the "CITI Training," an online training experience to prepare you to conduct ethical research. This training will help you identify research activities that involve human participants and help you understand how to protect the rights and welfare of all human participants involved in research.
    2. To do CITI training, click on this link Links to an external site..
    3. You will now be on the "Citi Program" website. Click on the upper right-hand corner button that says "Register."
    4. Begin typing “Iowa State University” and then select from the populated list. 
    5. Then click the checkbox to agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
    6. You will also click the checkbox to affirm you're an affiliate of Iowa State University.
    7. Click on the blue box that says "Create a CITI Program account."
    8. Follow the prompts to continue through the rest of the registration.
    9. On the CE Credit Status page: choose NO
    10. Affiliate with an Institution page
      • You do not have an ISU email address at this time (you will get one, though). Just continue to use the same email address. 
      • Choose your degree.
      • Under role: Choose Student Research - Undergraduate.
      • Use Sarah's office phone number: 515-294-3092
      • Which course to take: Basic Human Subjects: Social & Behavioral Focus
    11. On the next page, here are the answers to your questions:
      • Question #1: Social & Behavioral Research Investigators
      • Question #2: I have not taken a basic course. Please go to Question 1
      • Question #3: Not at this time.
      • Ignore all other questions, scroll down, and click on SUBMIT
    12. Only one course should appear called "Social/Behavioral Research Course: Stage 1 - Basic Course" (If you see any other courses listed, ignore them; we only want the certificate for that specific course). This course will have 9 modules.
    13. When you're done, be sure to screengrab the certificate of completion.
    14. Please email Sarah a pic of the certificate for our records.