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What do I submit?
The materials that you will submit depend on the type of study you are doing. For example, an archival study may only need a protocol form but an in-depth education study may include consent forms for kids, parents, teachers, principals, as well as instruments and surveys. A good rule of thumb is that if you mention it in your protocol, most likely the Board will want to see it. Each submission has a core group of tasks that everyone needs to do. This includes submitting:
- CITI Training: The IRB-SBS requires that all researchers be certified to conduct human studies research. In order to certify, they ask that you and any other researcher listed on the protocol complete the CITI Training. Training is valid for three years. For more information, please see CITI Training.
- Protocol Form: This form explains your protocol and helps you to answer the basic questions that the Board will have about your study procedures. For tips on completing the protocol and protocol samples, please see Tips. The Protocol Form must be submitted in Word format. Please do not alter the format. (The one exception is that you may submit a PDF version of the signature pages.)
- Investigator’s Agreement: This form outlines the rules for conducting research with an IRB approval or exemption. (This form is included in the Protocol Form word document.)
Additional materials may be required for your protocol. These materials include:
- Consent Form(s): We have several templates for creating consent forms. For more information on consent forms, please see the Consent section.
- All materials used to contact participants, including flyers, advertisements, letters, and emails. If you will contact them in person, please provide an oral script outlining what you will say to participants (this script can be included in the protocol under 7b). Please include your IRB-SBS number on the materials (you will receive your number after you submit; include the number on the final draft). For more information on recruitment materials, please see the Consent: Recruitment section.
- All instruments, surveys, interview questions, observation checklists, data extraction forms, etc, to be used in study. The IRB-SBS has a collection of instruments in our SBS Library. If you are using one of the listed instruments, you don’t need to submit it, but instead indicate in 2b which instrument you will use.
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