What CITI Program does

CITI Program, formally the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, is a web-based Learning Management System providing peer-reviewed research ethics, compliance, and professional development training courses. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Plantation, Florida, the platform is operated as a division of Biomedical Research Alliance of New York (BRANY), a New York limited liability corporation that provides clinical research support services including single IRB (sIRB) review and Medicare Coverage Analysis. The course catalog spans Human Subjects Research (HSR), Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR), Biosafety and Biosecurity (BSS), Conflicts of Interest (COI), HIPAA, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Information Privacy and Security (IPS), Research Security, and healthcare compliance, with content delivered in eight languages and aligned with ICH E6(R3), FDA, OHRP, and ISO 14155 standards. CE/CME credits are available for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, psychologists, and other professionals.

CITI Program monetizes through two primary channels: organizational subscriptions priced per site per year (e.g., $1,000/year/site for government/non-profit, $1,200/year/site for for-profit HSR subscribers) and direct individual learner course purchases via credit card ($99-$249 per course, plus separate CE/CME credit purchases). The platform integrates with over 500 organizational identity providers via SSO (Okta, Microsoft Entra, Shibboleth, SAML) and exposes a SOAP API for LMS integration. Its customer base spans leading research universities (Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Johns Hopkins), academic medical centers (Mayo Clinic, Cedars-Sinai, NYU Langone, Duke Health), federal agencies (FDA, CDC, NIH), and pharmaceutical/biotech firms (Merck, BioMarin, Vertex, Scripps Research). The company completed SOC 2 Type 2 audit in October 2025 across all five trust service principles and serves millions of users worldwide.

The business is supported by an ecosystem of partnerships, including co-developed content with HHS's Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), technology integrations with Okta and Cloudflare, and bundled offerings with sister BRANY brands Protocol Builder Pro and HRP Consulting Group. Revenue, headcount growth rates, and ownership structure beyond the BRANY parent relationship are not publicly disclosed; CITI Program is a private company with 101-250 employees and no public funding history.

Name

CITI Program

Legal name

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)

Website

https://citiprogram.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CITI Program is a web-based Learning Management System providing peer-reviewed research ethics, regulatory compliance, and biosafety training courses to universities, academic medical centers, federal agencies, and pharmaceutical companies via organizational subscriptions and individual learner purchases.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Ethics and Compliance Training

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Compliance, Ethics & Regulatory Training (EDAGANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Research Administration & Compliance (Sponsored Programs, IRB/REB) (EDADAKAH), Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

Keywords

• Research ethics training
• Compliance education
• Clinical research training
• Human subjects protection
• Biosafety certification

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Organizational Subscriptions: Organizations purchase annual subscriptions to provide CITI Program training to their employees, students, and affiliates. Subscriptions are priced per site per year, with different tiers for government/non-profit vs. for-profit organizations. Access is provided to all affiliated learners under the subscription.
2. Independent Learner Course Purchases: Individual learners not affiliated with subscribing organizations can purchase courses directly. Payments are processed via credit card (American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa). No refunds are issued for course purchases.
3. Continuing Education (CE/CME) Credits: Learners can purchase CE/CME credits for eligible courses. Pricing varies by profession and number of credits (e.g., $60 for 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, $50 for nursing contact hours).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

CITI Program delivers web-based, peer-reviewed training courses in research ethics and regulatory compliance through a learning management system. Organizations subscribe annually to provide training access to their affiliated researchers, students, and staff, while independent learners can purchase courses directly via credit card. Course offerings span human subjects research, responsible conduct of research, biosafety, HIPAA, Good Clinical Practice, conflicts of interest, information privacy, and research security.

Product overview

CITI Program is a web-based Learning Management System providing peer-reviewed research ethics and compliance training. The platform offers a comprehensive course catalog including Human Subjects Research (Biomed Basic, SBE Basic, and corresponding Refresher courses), Responsible Conduct of Research, Biosafety and Biosecurity, Conflicts of Interest, HIPAA, Good Clinical Practice, Information Privacy and Security, and Research Security Training series. The platform supports both organizational subscriptions and individual learner purchases, offers CME/CEU credits on select courses, provides SSO authentication for institutional subscribers, and delivers content in multiple languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, French, Vietnamese). Admin tools include reporting dashboards, site administrator controls, and API access. The platform partners with BRANY, HRP Consulting Group, and Protocol Builder Pro to offer supplementary research support services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CITI Program Learning Management System (LMS)
• Human Subjects Research (HSR) Series
• Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
• Biosafety and Biosecurity (BSS)
• Conflicts of Interest (COI)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Information Privacy and Security (IPS)
• Research Security Training
• Introduction to Healthcare Compliance
• Regulation of Cell Therapy Products
• Community Research Partner Training
• Principal Investigator's Guide to ClinicalTrials.gov
• IRB Review of Expedited Research

Quantifiable outcome

• Training records available for organizational review at any time
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, related and minor.

• BRANY (Biomedical Research Alliance of New York)coreOthersCITI Program is a division of BRANY, a limited liability corporation based in Lake Success, NY. BRANY provides clinical research support services including single IRB (sIRB), Social Behavioral IRB (SBER IRB), and Medicare Coverage Analysis. This is a corporate parent relationship where CITI Program operates as a subsidiary division.
• Protocol Builder (Tech Software)relatedStrategic or Co-development PartnerProtocol Builder is a secure cloud-based technology for developing clinical research protocols, reinforcing best practices taught by CITI Program. Special pricing is available to CITI Program organizational subscribers. Both are related brands under the BRANY ecosystem.
• HRP Consulting GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHRP Consulting Group provides human research protections consulting services including program development, training, accreditation assistance, and IRB administration. With over 150 years of combined experience in human research protections, they share subject matter expertise with CITI Program.
• A-LIGNminorOthersIndependent third-party audit firm that conducted CITI Program's SOC 2 Type 2 audit, evaluating internal controls across five trust service principles.
• OktacoreTechnology or IntegrationIdentity provider integration enabling SSO access for CITI Program learners at organizations using Okta for identity management. Many subscribing organizations (including FDA, Harvard, CRISPR Therapeutics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals) use Okta-based SSO.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Litmos: Litmos is a corporate LMS widely used for compliance and regulatory training delivery, with course libraries covering ethics, healthcare, and professional CE. It competes with CITI for institutional training budgets, particularly where buyers want an LMS-flexible solution over a vertical-specific content catalog.
• WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG): WCG is one of the largest providers of IRB services, clinical research compliance consulting, and research training to pharma, biotech, and academic institutions. It serves the same customer verticals (sponsors, CROs, AMCs) and offers overlapping human subjects protection and GCP training.
• Advarra: Advarra provides IRB review, institutional biosafety committee services, and research compliance technology for clinical research sponsors and sites. It directly overlaps with CITI Program's research ethics and compliance training buyer (research administrators, IRB members) and competes for the same institutional training wallet.
• NAVEX Global: NAVEX Global is a leading provider of ethics and compliance training, policy management, and incident management software used by large enterprises. It directly competes with CITI in the broader ethics and regulatory training category, although NAVEX is broader (corporate ethics, FCPA, code of conduct) rather than research-specific.

Broad incumbents

• Docebo: Docebo is an AI-powered enterprise LMS used for compliance, onboarding, and partner training by mid-market and large enterprises. It competes for the same institutional training buyer but offers a horizontal LMS platform rather than a vertical research compliance content catalog.
• Veeva Systems: Veeva provides cloud-based compliance, training (Veeva Vault Training), and regulated content management for the life sciences industry. It serves overlapping pharma and biotech customers that CITI trains and increasingly bundles compliance training as part of broader regulated workflow suites.
• Absorb Software: Absorb is an enterprise LMS provider used for regulatory and compliance training by healthcare, financial services, and other regulated industries. It overlaps with CITI's institutional training delivery use cases but is platform-focused rather than content-focused.
• Skillsoft: Skillsoft is an established corporate training platform offering compliance, leadership, and technology courseware to enterprises globally. It overlaps with CITI in compliance training delivery and CE-credit monetization but at a much broader scope and via different buyer personas (L&D, compliance officers).
• Coursera for Business: Coursera for Business delivers university- and industry-authored online learning to enterprises, including healthcare and life sciences compliance content from partners. It competes for institutional training budgets and learner CE/CME credit demand, particularly with university affiliations similar to CITI's subscriber base.
• UL Solutions (formerly SAI Global): UL Solutions offers regulatory compliance training, advisory, and certification services across industries including life sciences and healthcare. It serves institutional training buyers with overlapping regulatory course content but operates at a much broader scale and industry scope than CITI.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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