Application Forms and Templates

If you haven't already, review the Start Here page to determine if your project is considered research and what type of application is needed. 

After you determine which type of application is needed, fill out the MS Forms document linked to the category below. Note, consent form templates are found later on this page.

• Projects Not Defined as Research: Your project may fall into a category of research that the federal government does not define as research and that therefore does not require you to fill out an IRB proposal. Such projects include journalism, oral history, and other projects in which you are only studying individuals and are not drawing broader social or historical conclusions.
  
  
• Educational Research Exemption Determination Form: If you are carrying out research on educational practices, even if they involve children, you may be eligible for the educational research exemption. This exemption does not include interviews with or surveys of adults (teachers, school administrators).
  
  
• Interaction Research Exemption Determination Form: If you are carrying out research with adults limited only to one or more of three types of research (interviews, surveys, observation in public places) or are only using educational tests with children, you may be eligible for the interaction research exemption.
  
  
• Benign Behavioral Exemption Research Determination Form: If you are carrying out psychological or marketing research with adults that involves no deception (or that involves deception that you can provide minimal information about in the consent process), you may be eligible for the benign behavioral intervention research exemption. Note that this exemption has a special consent form with the same title that you must use with this exemption. Before completing this form you MUST review this BBI Exemption Information Sheet and you are encouraged to print a copy and have it with you for completing the form.
  
  
• Secondary Research Exemption Determination Form: If you are carrying out secondary research involving information that has already been collected for someone else's research or non-research project, or that you have collected previously for a different research or non-research project, you may be eligible for the secondary research exemption.

• IRB Application Form: Please fill out and submit this form only if your project is defined as research according to the federal government AND you are not eligible for any of the above exemptions. 

You MUST use a consent form unless you have submitted the request for a waiver or alteration of the consent process and have had your request approved by the IRB. You must use one of the below templates unless the IRB has approved your using a different consent form.

IF YOU ARE USING ANY SORT OF INCENTIVES, YOU MUST REVIEW THIS INCENTIVES INFORMATION SHEET BEFORE WORKING ON YOUR CONSENT/ASSENT FORM(S). The information sheet includes language that must be part of your consent/assent forms and that is not included in the below templates. Projects involving incentives will have their consent/assent forms scrutinized carefully to make sure the correct language is added. Such projects will not be approved or exempted until the correct language is in the consent form.

• Standard Consent Form Template - use for interviews, experiments for which you are not seeking an exemption, and other face-to-face, formal interactional forms of research other than paper surveys
  
  
• Benign Behavioral Intervention Research Consent Form Template - use only for research for which you are seeking the Benign Behavioral Intervention Research Exemption
  
  
• Paper Survey Consent Form Template - use only for paper surveys; text to be attached at the beginning of the survey
  
  
• Online Survey Consent Form Template - use only for online surveys; text to be attached at the beginning of the survey
  
  
• Assent Form Template for Children Ages 14-17 - replaces consent form for research with older children; must be used with Parent/Guardian Permission Form Template
  
  
• Assent Form Template for Children through Age 13 - replaces consent form for research with younger children; must be used with Parent/Guardian Permission Form Template
  
  
• Parent/Guardian Permission Form Template - supplements assent forms for children; legally required
  
  
• Release Form for Use of Photography/Video Recording - use when photographing or video recording research participants; not necessary for photographing or video recording buildings, nature, or other non-human phenomena
  
  
• Deception Debriefing Statement Template - legally required for research involving deception, whether exempt or not, unless the research has received a waiver of informed consent
  
  
• Request for Waiver or Alteration of Informed Consent Process - submit if you are requesting a waiver or alteration of the informed consent process, or if you are requesting a waiver of documentation of informed consent. Before submitting this request, open, save a copy of, and read the Information about Waiver or Alteration of Informed Consent document, as you will need to refer to this document while completing this request.

• Recruitment Email Template - use if you are recruiting participants via email; the template is structured to include all the legal information you need to provide to potential participants
  
  
• Recruitment Letter Template - use if you are recruiting participants via letter; the template is structured to include all the legal information you need to provide to potential participants

While the IRB has not designed a recruitment flyer template, please note that however your flyer is designed it must include the following informational elements to be approved by the IRB:

• a statement that your project is research
• the purpose of the study
• any activities participants will engage in
• the duration of their participation
• any possible risks to participants
• any benefits participants will (or may) receive
• the fact that their participation is voluntary
• your name and contact information (phone number, email address)

Modification Application for Approved Projects

Adverse Event Reporting Form for Approved Projects

You may use the below Word versions of the above forms to draft an application or exemption request but please DO NOT submit the Word versions to the IRB, as they will not be reviewed. They are to help you prepare materials only. To download an editable copy, select File -> Create a Copy -> Download a Copy

Note: There are some slight differences between these documents and the forms above, so be careful when transferring draft material from a Word document into one of the forms.

• Educational Research Exemption Determination Form Word Version
• Interaction Research Exemption Determination Form Word Version
• Benign Behavioral Exemption Research Determination Form Word Version
• Secondary Research Exemption Determination Form Word Version
• IRB Application Form Word Version