3.    Examine Helpful Tips To Ensure A Smooth Approval Process

Off-Site Approval Guidelines

The researcher is ultimately responsible for obtaining the necessary permission to conduct research at remote sites.  This ensures that participants are being treated fairly and may help protect the researcher, advisors, and the University from liability.

Students may seek to obtain remote site approval by contacting a relevant administrator or site IRB.  Approval is then sent to the Webster IRB.  Researchers may begin after they have received a confirmation letter from the IRB.

Level II and III studies, by their very nature, necessitate that researchers obtain approval from remote sites.  In these instances, the researcher must provide the Webster IRB with approval prior to conducting research.

Level I studies involve minimal or no risk to the participants (e.g., anonymous surveys).  Therefore, the Webster IRB typically does not request remote site approval.  Although remote site approval may not be requested, researchers may still want to consider obtaining such approval to minimize the potential of any unforeseen problems.

1.    Determine whether you need to file an IRB form

2.    Find The Necessary Forms

3.    Examine Helpful Tips To Ensure A Smooth Approval Process

4.    Submission Process

5.    Begin Research

6.    Update The IRB When You Have Completed Your Project