Tools and Systems

Provides training for research requirements, including the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (RECR), Financial Conflicts of Interest (COI), Human Subjects, and Export Control.

• Log in: CITI Training (Touchstone required)
• Available to: PIs and other researchers, staff, students
• Documentation and help:
  • Set Up Your CITI Account
  • Take CITI Courses
  • Affiliate CITI Training from Previous Institution
• For more information: Training Courses on CITI and Atlas

Manage your human subject protocol submissions to COUHES (Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects), MIT's IRB.

• Log in: COUHES Connect (Touchstone required)
• Available to: PIs and other researchers, staff
• Documentation and help: 
  • COUHES Connect FAQs
  • COUHES Connect Guidance
• For more information: COUHES

When submitting proposals to NIH or NSF, submit copies of outside contracts or other agreements with foreign entities to the External Contract Depository. Uploaded documents will receive a high-level review by MIT’s Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of the General Counsel to help ensure compliance with NIH and NSF requirements.

• Log in: External Contract Depository (Touchstone required)
• Available to: PIs and other researchers
• For more information: NIH Sponsor Information, NSF Sponsor Information

Researchers can submit applications for limited submission proposals through the MIT Funding Opportunities Portal. Administrators may also use the portal to host internal competitions.

• Access:  MIT Funding Opportunities Portal
• Available to: PIs and other researchers, staff
• For more information: Limited Submissions

Submit requests for non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), data use agreements (DUAs), and material transfer agreements (MTAs) with collaborators at other organizations. 

• Log in: Hermes Portal (Touchstone required)
• Available to: PIs and other researchers, staff
• For more information: OSATT Hermes Team

Use the IIC tool to report international collaborations undertaken without written agreements or exchange of funds. The VPR Compliance team will review each submitted collaboration and contact the researcher with any questions or concerns.

• Log in: IIC tool (Touchstone required)
• Available to: PIs and other researchers, staff, students
• For more information: Informal Collaborations

Kuali Coeus (KC) is the award management system of record used for proposal development, tracking of submitted proposals, and award acquisition and management.

• Log in: Kuali Coeus (Touchstone required)
• Available to: PIs and other researchers, staff
• Documentation and help:
  • Quickcards
  • Training
  • Authorizations/Access
• For more information: Kuali Coeus help site 

MyCOI-OPA+ streamlines the reporting process for Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI), Outside Professional Activity (OPA) and other disclosures.

• Log in: MyCOI-OPA+ (Touchstone required)
• Available to: PIs and others as required
• Documentation and help: MyCOI-OPA+ Resources

• For more information: MIT Conflict of Interest Policies

Unified dashboard view of awards, proposals, protocols, and sponsored and non-sponsored funding, with the ability to create and approve under-recovery requests and submit TLO disclosures. 

• Log in: Use Research@MIT in your browser (Touchstone required) or download Research@MIT from the MIT App Store (Touchstone required).
• Available to: PIs and other researchers, staff
• Documentation and help: 
  • Access and Support
  • Under-recovery Requests
  • TLO Disclosures

Submit award transaction requests on sponsored programs.

• Log in: OST (Touchstone required)
• Available to: Staff
• Create a request: Create Service Request (Touchstone required)
• Documentation and help: OST Guidelines for DLCI Users [PDF] – December 2023