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Office of Research Administration

NASA Training Requirement for Faculty and Researchers

Effective August 5, 2026, principal investigators and covered individuals* named in NASA proposals must complete Research Security Training ("RST") consistent with Section 10634 of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (“CHIPS Act”) within 12 months prior to proposal submission.

As part of a proposal, NASA covered individuals will be required to certify that Research Security Training has been completed within the required time frame.  The Stanford Institutional Official submitting the proposal must certify that completion of the training by the required individuals has been verified.

*A  NASA covered individual is any Principal Investigator (PI) (regardless of level of effort), any CoPI (regardless of level of effort), and only CoInvestigators (Co-I) proposing to spend ten percent or more of their time in any given year on a NASA-funded award.  NASA funding organizations may designate additional personnel categories as covered individuals on a project-by-project basis, and these designations will be explicitly stated in all Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs).

If you have questions about who is considered a “Covered Individual” on your proposal or award, please contact your Contract & Grant Officer in ORA or Research Process Manager (School of Medicine).

Details of the requirement can be viewed Here.

Implementation:

Stanford’s Research Security Training (DOR-2000) meets the federal training requirement and is available in STARS.  The course takes less than an hour to complete.  A link to the course is also available on ORA’s Research Security Training site. 

NOTE: The previously available Stanford Research Security Training (DOR-1210) in STARS was retired effective 9/12/25.  If you have completed DOR-1210, that training completion remains valid.

Applicability:

Completed training is effective for all proposals submitted within 12 months of the training completion date.  For example, training completed on 8/4/26 is good for proposals submitted through 8/3/27. 

Once the course is taken by a researcher, that researcher is considered RST-compliant for 12 months following training completion date across all proposals submitted to US federal agencies that have implemented the RST requirement under the CHIPS Act.

Verification of Compliance:

For proposals submitted on or after August 5, 2026:

  • Covered individuals named on a NASA grant or cooperative agreement proposal must certify that they have satisfied the training requirement by signing a certification on the NASA biographical sketch and current and pending (other) support forms.
  • Training completion for the full Research Security Training (DOR-2000) or Research  Security Training (DOR-1210, retired) will be captured in STARS.
  • The SeRA system displays each listed Stanford senior key person's Research Security Training status and completion date from STARS within the SeRA Proposal Development & Routing Form (PDRF), specifically the Project Questions page within the Training section.
    • Institutional Officials (OSR Contract and Grant Officers and SoM RMG Research Process Managers) will verify as part of DoE proposal reviews that all Stanford senior key persons listed within NASA applications have completed Research Security Training within 12 months from the training data listed in SeRA and certify to this institutionally at the time of application submission.

Need further assistance? Have questions and/or feedback? Please submit questions and/or feedback and a member of the ORA-RMG Disclosures Team will respond to you shortly.