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Instructions

Our applications are available in rich text files (RTF). Rich Text Files (.rtf) are very easy to download and can be be imported into most Microsoft Windows and Macintosh word processors. RTF documents allow you to type directly into the document.

To download RTF documents:

  • Click on the desired application link
  • Save your document locally (ie: desktop, hard drive, etc.) immediately after opening - entries that are done while on-line will not be saved.
  • Double click on the lines provided simply start typing in your answer
  • After completing the form, send the original and appropriate copies to the Office for Research Protections, The 330 Building, Suite 205
  • Documents are not available for submission online at this time

IRB Application Instructions

  1. Attach all required documents (e.g., consent forms, instruments, advertisements, letters of agreement, etc.).
  2. Handwritten and/or incomplete forms will not be accepted and will be returned to you.
  3. All questions must be answered. If a question does not pertain to your research, please mark N/A.
  4. Review of the application WILL NOT be initiated without the appropriate signatures.
  5. Be sure all consent forms are written at an 8th grade reading level or lower.
  6. Provide enough detail in your answers so the Institutional Review Board will be able to judge how well your study protects human participants.
  7. If needed, responses may be continued on additional sheets. If an attachment is used to provide a response to a specific question on this form, the attachment must be clearly referenced under the appropriate question and the referenced section of the attachment must be highlighted and numbered on all copies of the attachment.
  8. For exemption reviews: After completing the application and obtaining the required signatures, send the original application and all attachments to the Office for Research Protections (ORP), The 330 Building, Suite 205. Please allow 7 business days for these reviews.
  9. For expedited reviews: After completing the application and obtaining the required signatures, send the original application, all attachments, plus 1 copy to the Office for Research Protections (ORP), The 330 Building, Suite 205. Please allow three weeks for these reviews.
  10. For full reviews: After completing the application and obtaining the required signatures, send the original application, all attachments, and 17 collated copies to the Office for Research Protections (ORP), The 330 Building, Suite 205. Please allow up to 45 days for these reviews. For full review meeting dates and submission deadlines, see http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/areas/humans/irbmeetings.asp or contact the ORP at (814) 865-1775.
  11. If a grant proposal has been submitted to a funding source, copies of your grant proposal must accompany the human participants application.
    • a. 1 copy exempt
    • b. 2 copies expedited
    • c. 4 copies full
  12. All individuals listed in the application must successfully complete the on-line training for the protection of human participants before approval will be granted.
  13. If you need assistance with preparing your application, please call (814) 865-1775 and a Compliance Coordinator will assist you. If you want to check the status of your application, please call (814) 865-1775 and inform the receptionist that you are calling to check the status of your application.