Applying for Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for performing research involving

human subjects research at WesternUSome or all of the following may be needed in applying to IRB:

Checklist IRB Application Template Informed Consent Form (if one is needed) California Patients’ Bill of Rights (if an ICF is needed, this must be presented before the

ICF is presented to the subject) Section 5 of the IRB policy manual describing the submission process Section 8 of the IRB policy manual dealing with Informed Consent Forms Sample survey IRB app.pdf (from another institution, an example) Step-By-Step-Guide-to-Developing-Effective-Questionnaires (from Rutgers) Common problems (word doc) The IRB application process (image) IRB workflow (image) Recruitment Flier Requirements Guide to applying for Institutional Review Board for human subjects research

Training: once-every-5-years. In addition to the application and pertinent documents, the IRB requires each PI to submit an NIH training certificate which is provided after taking their training course. The course title is “Protecting Human Subject Research Participants.” The link for the training site is http://phrp.nihtraining.com

Submit the application via email to irbsubmission@westernu.edu. Please scan the signed coversheet and e-mail the WORD document.

The current IRB application (and the checklist) is in a protected Word document (Protocol application template.docx)

1. When you open the template, go to VIEW and select EDIT DOCUMENT 

2. It is “restricted” so as to allow the applicant to avoid making the mistake of erasing the form.  This means that only the grey areas may be populated in Word.