New Submission Information for Expedited Reviews
Expedited submissions are submitted to IRBnet and assigned by the IRB administrator to two committee members for review. Committee members will review the submission, provide feedback, and determine if the study is approved, requires modifications, or is rejected. Expedited studies are assigned every Tuesday and Thursday. The turnaround time for expedited submissions is approximately two weeks from when the submission is assigned to committee members.
Expedited submissions should include the following:
- Expedited Protocol Application Form
- Unsigned or Signed Consent Form
- Assent Form or Legal Parent/Guardian Permission (if applicable)
- Any Recruitment Materials (emails, flyers, etc.)
- Any Measurement Tools (surveys, interview protocol, etc.)
- CITI Training Certification for all researchers
To submit an Expedited study in IRBnet, follow these steps:
Step 1: The Faculty Research Advisor / Principal Investigator submits the completed application via IRBNet, with electronic signatures completed by ALL involved researchers.
Please Note: Submissions MUST be made by a Brenau Faculty Member. Applications will NOT be accepted if ALL investigators have not electronically signed the submission. Partially completed IRB applications will NOT be accepted.
Submitted applications must meet the following criteria:
- Each item must be uploaded into the IRBNet Application package as a separate document in its original file format (i.e. the Protocol Application should be uploaded as a Word document).
- ALL sections on the application must be filled out.
- Remember, there is always room for small risk. With this in mind, please pay special attention to section 6.
- Consent form(s) and letter(s) of authorization MUST be turned in with your application and uploaded as separate documents.
- The IRB Committee has provided templates for both Signed and Unsigned Consent Forms as well as Parent/Guardian permission and Child Assent Forms, which can be found in the files section at the bottom of this page. We highly encourage you to use these templates in order to make sure everything meets the IRB requirements.
- Must include the contact information for both the Institutional Review Board AND the Faculty Principal Investigator.
- Each researcher/investigator on the project must have or create an IRBNet account linked to Brenau University and upload their CITI Certification under Training and Credentials in their User Profile.
- Brenau’s CITI Policy and Requirements can be reviewed in the Brenau CITI Policy.
- CITI Registration and Certification can be completed at http://www.citiprogram.org.
- When uploading your CITI certification to your IRBNet User Profile:
- Choose “Other” as the Document Type and Enter CITI Training Certification as the Description.
- Make sure you enter the Effective and Expiration Dates.
- Don’t forget to hit “Submit”
- SIGNATURES ARE REQUIRED. Be sure that all applicants (research advisor/principal investigator, and when applicable, co-investigators) have electronically signed the application package before submitting your application for review.
Step 3: Complete the IRB Committee’s Submission Checklist, designed to help you avoid common submission errors, and upload it to your IRBNet Submission Package.
Step 4: Submit your project. Your project will not be assigned for review until you submit.