Tools and Systems

CITI courses provide faculty, researchers, students and staff with training on research, including the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (RECR), Financial Conflicts of Interest (COI), Human Subjects, Export Controls and Undue Foreign Influence. 

• Log in: CITI Training (Touchstone required)
• Documentation and help:
  • Set Up Your CITI Account
  • Take CITI Courses
  • Affiliate CITI Training from Previous Institution

COUHES Connect is MIT’s IRB platform that allows investigators to manage their human subject protocol submissions to COUHES (Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects).

• Log in: COUHES Connect (Touchstone required)
• Documentation and help: 
  • COUHES Connect FAQs
  • COUHES Connect Guidance

MIT researchers submitting proposals to NIH should 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 requirements.

• Log in: External Contract Depository (Touchstone required)

Faculty and researchers can use the Hermes Portal to facilitate discussions of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), data use agreements (DUAs), and material transfer agreements (MTAs) with collaborators at other organizations. 

• Log in: Hermes Portal (Touchstone required)

MIT researchers should 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)

Kuali Coeus (KC) is a cradle-to-grave award management system that is designed to assist the research community in proposal development, tracking of submitted proposals, and award acquisition and management.

• Log in: Kuali Coeus (Touchstone required)
• Documentation and help:
  • Proposal Development Guide [PDF]
  • Quickcards
  • Training

PIs and key personnel can submit proposal-specific and annual financial conflict of interest (COI) disclosures, as required by federal regulations and some non-federal sponsors, using My COI.

• Log in: My COI (CoeusLite) (Touchstone required)
• Documentation and help: 
  • My COI User Guide

Faculty, administrative staff, research staff and other academic staff need to complete an Outside Professional Activities (OPA) report annually, at the direction of the Provost and Dean’s Offices. 

• Log in: Outside Professional Activities (Touchstone required)
• Documentation and help: 
  • OPA Help Page
  • OPA Quickcard [PDF]
  • OPA FAQ

Research@MIT offers MIT principal investigators and their administrative teams streamlined tools for research administration, collaboration, compliance, and innovation management.

• Download the app: Research@MIT on the MIT App Store (Touchstone required)
• Documentation and help: 
  • Access and Support
  • Instructions for Financial Primary Authorizers
  • Instructions for Department Administrators

DLC administrators and members of Research Administrative Services use OST for award transaction requests on sponsored programs. 

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