Research Security Training

Research Security Training on Harvard Training Portal (HTP)

Research Security Training is an integral component of a Research Security Program.  The goal of Research Security Training is to raise awareness and ensure that risks are identified, raised, and addressed by the appropriate offices. Harvard Research Security Training includes the following components listed below. 

Research Security Training must be taken by Covered Individuals which includes but not limited to PIs, Co-PIs, Senior /Key personnel and individuals named as investigators on a Federally Sponsored project at Harvard.

Training must be completed and reported in GMAS prior to Federal award set-up, and annually thereafter during the life of the federal award. The annual renewal will be in the form of an update/refresher.

Research Security Training Resources

• Research Security Training Presentation (non-public SharePoint)
• GMAS Research Team Job Aid
• Research Security Training FAQs (Harvard PDF)
• Access Research Security Training on Harvard Training Portal (HTP)

Research Security Training Components

• International Collaboration
  • Openness in Research
  • International Collaborations and Activities
  • International Project Planning, Hosting Foreign Visitor Guidance and Provostial Review (Harvard OVPR)
  • The benefits of international collaborations (NSF)
  • Export Controls Policy and Procedures (Harvard OVPR)
    • Export Controls Training
    • ECA School Contacts
    • University Guidance on Specially Designated National List Screening Process
  • Appointments with Restricted Party Affiliations: Procedures for Identifying and Managing Risk (Harvard PDF)
  • Due Diligence Review Guidance for Funding from Foreign Sources (Harvard PDF)
• Cyber and Data Security
  • University Policies and Guidelines on IT, Security, Privacy and Accessibility
  • Information Security Data Privacy Awareness Training Initial (University-Wide)
  • Harvard University Research Data Security Training (University-Wide)
  • IT & Data Security
  • Keeping Your Data Safe Abroad
  • Prepare for Travel to a Cyber High-Risk Country
  • Data Storage and Transmission
  • International Travel Loaner Devices | Harvard University Information Technology
  • International Travel and Electronic Device Searches
• International Travel
  • Safety and Security Abroad
  • Registration of Foreign Travel (GSS)
  • International Shipping Guidanceand Sanctions, Screening Process and Monitoring 
• Disclosures (Conflict of Commitment and Conflict of Interest)
  • OAIR Training and Education Information
  • University Guidance on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment
    • Financial Conflicts of Interest Training
  • University Guidance on Faculty Disclosure, including
    • Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program Risks
      • Enhancing the Security and Integrity of America’s Research Enterprise
      • Guidance on Identifying Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs (Harvard provided PDF)
      • FTRP Policy Guidance Presentation (Harvard provided PPT)
    • Information on Biosketches, Other Support/Current and Pending and SciENcv for NIH, NSF, DoE and DoD
  • Harvard’s Office for Technology Development (OTD) Guidance on Protecting IPment (OTD) Guidance on Protecting IP