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Export Controls Training

Export controls training is required for University personnel who work with export-controlled items, technology, software, technical data, equipment, materials, hardware, or other restricted research-related information.

The University provides online export controls training through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program). As part of the training process, personnel should also review the University’s Export Control Policy and Export Compliance Procedure Manual. 

Who Should Complete Export Controls Training?

Export controls training may be required for faculty, staff, students, visiting researchers, research personnel, or other University-affiliated individuals who are involved in activities that may include:

  • Export-controlled technology, software, technical data, equipment, materials, or hardware;
  • Research involving restricted parties, foreign collaborators, foreign sponsors, or international shipments;
  • Projects involving military, defense, space, nuclear, encryption, select agent, controlled biological, or other sensitive technologies;
  • Sponsor-imposed publication, participation, access, or dissemination restrictions;
  • International travel involving University equipment, research data, software, or technology;
  • Technology Control Plans or other project-specific compliance controls; or
  • Any activity identified by the Export Control Officer as requiring training.

The Export Control Officer will determine whether export controls training is required and whether any optional or project-specific modules must be completed.

How to Complete Training

To complete export controls training through CITI:

  • Visit the CITI Program website.
  • Register for an account, or log in if you already have one.
  • Affiliate your account with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
  • Add a course and select the Export Controls training option.
  • Complete the required export controls course and any additional modules assigned by the Export Control Officer.

Please contact the Export Control Officer at researchsecurity@louisiana.edu or 337-482-1533 if you are unsure whether training is required for your project, activity, travel, shipment, collaboration, or other University-related work.