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Researcher 1: Initial Study Submission

• Log In To IRBNet

• Access Your Study Manager

• Build Your Electronic Study Package

• Share with Your Research Team

• Communicate with Your Team

• Sign Your Study

• Submit Your Study for Review

• Access Your Review Decision

and Board Documentation

As a Researcher, Research Manager, or Research Coordinator you should know how to:

Training Energizer

IRBNet provides the research community with an unmatched set of secure,

web-based collaboration tools to support the design, management, review and

oversight of research involving human subjects.

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Log In To IRBNet with your User Name and Password at: www.irbnet.org

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Access Your Study Manager

The STUDY MANAGER provides you with quick access to all of your projects.

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Build Your Project Package

Step 1: Provide basic information about your project.

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Build Your Project Package

Step 2: Attach your electronic project documents.

Add study

documents here.

Select

appropriate document and download.

Drop down

menu for institution-specific libraries.

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Attach Document

IRBNet provides two mechanisms for entering documents into the system.

Browse your hard drive for completed documents and attach as required by your institution.

If your institution requires the completion of an online IRBNet Document Wizard, it will be located here.

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Build Your Project Package

Step 2: Attach your electronic study documents.

View

Update

Delete document

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Share with Your Research Team

Step 3: You may collaborate both within your Institution and across Institutions in the course of your project.

Almost every

project requires the “Share” designation.

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Share with Your Research Team

You may grant each member of your team the level of access that they require.

Select the

Institution in which your colleagues are members.

Select

„Research Institution‟ to share with a project collaborator.

The default

institution highlighted is your home institution.

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Share with Your Research Team

You may grant each member of your team the level of access that they require.

Grant the

appropriate level of access required for each collaborator.

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Communicate with Your Team

Use the Send Mail feature to quickly communicate with your team.

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Sign Your Package

Step 4: Electronic signatures become a permanent part of your electronic audit trail.

Anyone with

shared access to the study may sign a study.

Choose your project role from the dropdown menu

Sign according to your institution‟s requirements.

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Submit Your Package for Review

Step 5: You may submit your package to one or more boards for review.

The default IRB

highlighted is your home IRB.

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Submit to your Board

The system enables you to send a message to the coordinator, and indicate what submission type. IRBNet knows the coordinator of your committee.

Send a kind

word to your committee coordinators!

Note: The package will be locked upon submission.

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Did you submit an incomplete package?

If you have forgotten to add a necessary document or need to make a quick change to a recently submitted project package, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL BOARD COORDINATOR. They may choose to unlock your submission to allow changes.

For advanced topics, such as submitting subsequent packages (for reportable events, continuing reviews, modifications, etc.), please refer to the R2 Training Energizer. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL BOARD COORDINATOR if you have questions.

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Receive Your Review Decision

Review decisions are available in real time from your Project Overview.

Click “Review

Details”

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Receive Your Review Decision

Details include Agenda Date, Review Type, Status, Effective and Expiration Dates, and Board Documents.

Board documents

are here.

Review Details are

here.

Submission

Details are here.

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Where to Get Help...

Your Committee Office can offer you assistance and training on IRBNet as well as advice on how to comply with important policies and standards as you use IRBNet.

RESEARCH DATAWARE

Innovation in Research Management

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All rights reserved.