- Use of Publicly Available OR Identifiable Private Sources of Information
- Flesch-Kincaid Reading Grade Level Calculator
- New User Registration
- New Project Submission
- Submitting an Amendment
- Complete Continuing Review or Closure Report
- Submitting a Revision
- Post-Submission Revised Topics
New User Registration
New Project Submission
- Log in to irbnet.org. (If you have not used the system before, you’ll first need to register for an account as a new user.)
- Click “Create New Project” and fill in the required information for your study. (Please note: graduate/undergraduate students are not permitted to serve as Principal Investigator (PI); students should list their primary faculty advisor as Principal Investigator.)
- Click “Designer” to access the Human Subjects Application form. Click “Download” to save the application to your local computer. (Note: the application and other supplemental materials can also be found under the “Forms and Templates” menu option, or on the main IRB webpage: www.tarleton.edu/research/compliance/irb)
- Once you have completed the application form in full, click “Attach New Document” to upload the completed application form as part of your submission package. Repeat to add all necessary supplemental documents (e.g. consent form(s), ethics training completion certificates, study materials, etc.)
- Click “Share this Project” to provide access to the submission materials to any faculty and student collaborators. Sharing the project allows these individuals to digitally sign the submission, a required step prior to IRB review of any submissions. If someone other than the PI is creating the IRBNet submission, be sure to share the project with the PI giving them “Full” access. Ensure the project is shared with your department head who must sign their department assurance.
- Click “Sign this Package” to indicate that all necessary application materials have been uploaded to the IRBNet package. You will be asked to indicate your role at this time. Only faculty eligible to serve as Principal Investigator should select the “Principal Investigator” role. All students and other personnel should choose a different role from the list. All personnel whom you have shared the package with must also log in to IRBNet and sign the submission package.
- Once ALL research team members have individually signed the package in IRBNet, click “Submit this Package”. Be sure to select “Tarleton State University IRB” as the reviewing board. Once the package has been submitted, the Office of Research Compliance will conduct an administrative/clerical review of your submission materials and notify you if any changes or additional information is necessary prior to IRB review.
Submitting an Amendment
- Log in to irbnet.org.
- Locate the project associated with the amendment you wish to submit. All previous IRBNet submissions can be viewed under “My Projects”. Click the project title to enter the project. If you know the IRBNet ID for the project, you may also search using this ID number.
- Amendments / modifications are submitted by creating a new “package” within the existing IRBNet project. To create the amendment package, click “Create a New Package”.
- Click “Designer” to access the Amendment Modification form. Click “Download” to save this form to your local computer. (Note: the amendment form and other supplemental materials can also be found under the “Forms and Templates” menu option, or on the main IRB webpage: www.tarleton.edu/research/compliance/irb).)
- Once you have completed the amendment form in full, click “Attach New Document” to upload the completed amendment form as part of your submission package. Repeat to add all necessary new and/or modified supplemental documents (e.g. consent form(s), ethics training completion certificates, study materials, etc.)
- If the amendment involves the addition of any new faculty / student collaborators, click “Share this Project” to provide signature access to the amendment package to the new collaborators. Ensure the amendment is shared with your department head who must sign their department assurance.
- Click “Sign this Package” to indicate that all necessary application materials have been uploaded to the IRBNet package. You will be asked to indicate your role at this time. Only faculty eligible to serve as Principal Investigator should select the “Principal Investigator” role. All students and other personnel should choose a different role from the list. All personnel whom you have shared the package with must also log in to IRBNet and sign the amendment package.
- Once ALL research team members have individually signed the package in IRBNet, click “Submit this Package”. Be sure to select “Tarleton State University IRB” as the reviewing board. Select “Amendment / Modification” as the submission type. Once the package has been submitted, the Office of Research Compliance will conduct a pre-review of your amendment materials and notify you if any changes or additional information is necessary prior to IRB review.
- Amendments containing simple roster and room changes may be approved administratively by the Office of Research Compliance.
Complete Continuing Review or Closure Report
- Log in to irbnet.org.
- Locate the project you wish to renew in IRBNet. All previous IRBNet submissions can be viewed under “My Projects”. Click the project title to enter the project. If you know the IRBNet ID for the project, you may also search using this ID number.
- Renewals or Closure Reports are submitted by creating a Continuing Review or Closure Report “package” within the existing IRBNet project. To create the continuing review package, click “Create a New Package”.
- Click “Designer” to access the Continuing Review or Closure Report form. Click “Download” to save this form to your local computer. (Note: the continuing review form and other supplemental materials can also be found under the “Forms and Templates” menu option. or on the main IRB webpage: www.tarleton.edu/research/compliance/irb)
- Once you have completed the continuing review form in full, click “Attach New Document” to upload the completed form as part of your submission package.
- If the renewal involves the addition of any new faculty / student collaborators, click “Share this Project” to provide signature access to the renewal package to the new collaborators. Ensure the amendment is shared with your department head who must sign their department assurance. The department assurance should be included on closure reports as well.
- Click “Sign this Package” to indicate that all necessary application materials have been uploaded to the IRBNet package. You will be asked to indicate your role at this time. Only faculty eligible to serve as Principal Investigator should select the “Principal Investigator” role. All students and other personnel should choose a different role from the list. All personnel with whom you have shared the package must also log in to IRBNet and sign the renewal package.
- Once ALL research team members have individually signed the package in IRBNet, click “Submit this Package”. Be sure to select “Tarleton State University IRB” as the reviewing board. Select “Continuing Review / Progress Report” or “Closure Report” as the submission type. Once the package has been submitted, the Office of Research Compliance will conduct a pre-review of your renewal materials and notify you if any changes or additional information is necessary prior to IRB review.
Submitting a Revision
Post-Submission Revised Topics