RIMF (CASRAI)

Research Information Management (CRIS) Certification — Foundation

LevelFoundationRIMRIMF (CASRAI)

30 h

Nominal

Self-paced study

Lessons

6 modules

Domains

Exam blueprint

Exam items

Per attempt

70%

Pass mark

Fixed, uncurved

Retake wait

Days

What you earn

The credential itself

Pass the examination and CASRAI issues this certificate and the post-nominal RIMF (CASRAI), signed by the Programme Director and verifiable by anyone, permanently, from the code on its face.

CASRAI Certification

Certificate of Professional Competence

This is to certify that

Dr. Amelia R. Hartley

has completed the prescribed programme of study and passed the examination in

Research Information Management (CRIS) — Foundation

and is admitted to the designationRIMF (CASRAI)

Verify atcasrai.org/verify/CASRAI-RIM-2026-02URSE

Specimen. Issued as a signed PDF and as a machine-readable Open Badge; the holder and code shown are illustrative.

How it appears on your CV

Certifications

RIMF (CASRAI) — Research Information Management (CRIS), Foundation

CASRAI·Issued Mar 2026·Credential ID CASRAI-RIM-2026-02URSE

casrai.org/verify/CASRAI-RIM-2026-02URSE

Every certificate is issued under the signature of Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD, Programme Director of CASRAI Certification, who sets the syllabus, blueprint and pass mark for this credential.

It certifies that its holder passed the CASRAI examination for this course on the date shown, scored against the blueprint and pass mark published on this page — and anyone can confirm it from the verification code, without an account and without contacting us.

About this credential

What it covers

Body of knowledge

Exam blueprint

The exam is assembled to these weights on every attempt. They are published before purchase because a blueprint you cannot see is not a blueprint.

Domains and weights6 domains · 2 scored items
Domain	Weight	Items
Research information and what a CRIS isF1	20%≈ 1 item	≈ 1
The entity model in outlineF2	18%≈ 1 item	≈ 1
Identifiers in research informationF3	17%≈ 1 item	≈ 1
Where the data comes fromF4	15%≈ 1 item	≈ 1
Data quality and the deposit workflowF5	18%≈ 1 item	≈ 1
What the CRIS is used forF6	12%≈ 1 item	≈ 1
Total	100%	2

Item counts are approximate. Each attempt draws a fresh form to the weights above, so the exact number of items per domain varies between attempts.

Syllabus

6 modules, 6 lessons

Every lesson and every learning outcome is listed. The lesson bodies open on enrolment; nothing else about the course is withheld.

6 modules · 6 lessons · 30 h

Lesson material opens once you are enrolled. The full syllabus and every learning outcome are shown here so you can judge the coverage before you pay.

Module 1
F-M1
1 lesson · 6 h
1. Locked.What research information is, and what a CRIS is6 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - By the end of this module the learner can:
  - Define research information and distinguish RIM (the function) from CRIS (the system).
  - Identify the system of record for a given fact within a described institutional estate.
  - Describe the three common repository/CRIS configurations and classify a described institution into one of them.
  - Explain, in non-technical language, what a CRIS can and cannot do.
  - Compare the institutional and national research information patterns.
Module 2
F-M2
1 lesson · 5 h
1. Locked.The entity model in outline5 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Read an entity-relationship diagram of a research information model.
  - Assign a given real-world fact to the correct entity.
  - Explain why affiliation is a relationship rather than a person attribute.
  - Recognise multilinguality as a modelling requirement.
Module 3
F-M3
1 lesson · 5 h
1. Locked.Identifiers in research information5 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Recognise ORCID iDs, ROR IDs and DOIs on sight and state what each identifies.
  - Retrieve a researcher's ORCID record, an organisation's ROR record and an output's DOI metadata.
  - Explain to a researcher why maintaining an ORCID iD reduces their workload.
  - Distinguish an asserted identifier from an authenticated one.
Module 4
F-M4
1 lesson · 4 h
1. Locked.Where the data comes from4 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Trace a record in a CRIS back to its source.
  - Distinguish harvested from manually entered records.
  - Describe the coverage characteristics of Crossref, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, ORCID, DataCite and OpenAlex.
  - Explain how source coverage bias systematically disadvantages some research communities.
Module 5
F-M5
1 lesson · 6 h
1. Locked.Data quality and the deposit workflow6 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Follow a deposit-and-validation workflow end to end.
  - Identify duplicate and misattributed records from evidence.
  - Apply the six data-quality dimensions to a set of sample records.
  - Escalate an ambiguous case with a written statement of the ambiguity.
Module 6
F-M6
1 lesson · 4 h
1. Locked.What the CRIS is used for4 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - List the principal uses of institutional research information.
  - Explain open-access compliance monitoring in outline.
  - Describe the purpose and the privacy tension of a public research portal.
  - State what a researcher's record is used for and by whom.

Assessment

How the exam works

The exam is closed-book and multiple choice. Each attempt draws a fresh form to the domain weights above, so no two attempts are the same paper and no answer key circulates. The pass mark is 70% and is fixed — there is no curve, no quota and no adjustment by cohort.

Scoring is immediate. You are shown your overall result and, for every item, the option you chose, the correct option and the reasoning behind it — whether you passed or not. A failed attempt may be retaken after 90 days. The wait exists so a retake is a second attempt at the material rather than a second attempt at remembering the paper.

Forms are assembled to the blueprint above or not at all: where a domain cannot yet be sampled to that standard, the exam declines to start rather than issue an unbalanced paper. Your material and progress are never affected, and there is no time limit on when you sit.

Passing candidates are issued a certificate with a verification code. Anyone can check that code on our public verification page without an account and without contacting us.

Certifying authority

Signed by Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD

CASRAI’s certification programme is academically and medically directed by Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD, Programme Director, who sets the syllabus and blueprint for this credential and signs every certificate issued under it.

CASRAI has maintained the terminology and reporting standards of research administration for over a decade. It assumed leadership of the CRediT contributor-roles taxonomy in 2014 and carried it through to adoption as ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022, now in use by publishers, funders and institutions worldwide. This examination is drawn from that body of work.

What the credential certifies: that its holder passed the CASRAI examination for this course on the date shown, scored against the blueprint and pass mark published above — verifiable by anyone, permanently, from the code on its face.

Before you buy

The syllabus, learning outcomes, exam blueprint, pass mark and retake policy on this page are the complete specification of this credential. Everything that determines whether you pass is published here before you pay.

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