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NEW! Harvard IRBs Master Agreement

January 10, 2020

Are you a Harvard University Area researcher who is collaborating with a Harvard Medical School researcher?  Have you ever wondered why a reliance agreement is needed when you work with another Harvard researcher?  It’s almost like we are two separate institutions!  Well, we are, or at least in regard to how the Harvard IRBs are set up. Since the Harvard IRBs work independently of each other, if a Harvard University Area researcher (Cambridge and Allston campus) is working with a Harvard Longwood Campus Area researcher, it is like being at separate...

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Single IRB Requirement for All Federally Funded Studies in Effect January 20, 2020

January 10, 2020

The Revised Rule (aka “2018 Requirements”) that took effect on January 21, 2019 requires that all federally funded research that involves multiple institutions must have only one IRB provide review.  Also known as “Single IRB” (or “sIRB” – a cool new IRB word, by the way), this requirement follows the NIH’s implementation of a similar policy way back in 2018. With the NIH policy, only those studies...

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