Final Checklist for Investigators

1. Completed Application for the Use of Human Participants. Ensure that the appropriate signatures have been obtained.
2. Informed Consent Form in the format to be presented to participants.
3. Instruments or measures that are to be used in the research.
4. Any letters of cooperation from cooperating organizations (e.g., schools, nursing facilities, businesses), IRB approvals from collaborating institutions, or documents needed to legitimize procedures, grant permission, or assure expertise (e.g., translation verification if any materials will be presented in a language other than English).
5. Any other material that might help the review proceed.
6. All advertisements, fliers, letters (or emails) of invitation for subject recruitment.
7. If applicable, the completed Institutional Biosafety Submission Form.
8. If applicable, a debriefing statement.
9. Upon completion of this application, see http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/areas/humans/copies.asp for the number of copies and time of review. Submit the correct number of signed and completed copies to The Office for Research Protections (ORP), The Pennsylvania State University, 201 Kern Graduate Building, University Park, PA 16802-3301. This can be via U.S. Mail, interoffice mail, or hand delivery. (Failure to include the necessary number of copies of all information will delay the evaluation process until the investigator forwards additional copies.)

PSU/ORP Rev. 01/02