Responding to Changes Requested

• You will receive notification by email;
• The study status will change to “Changes Requested”; and
• A task will be on your dashboard when you login.

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Scroll down to “Stipulations to address” to view the list of stipulations. Click under Action “revise existing” to be taken to the question that requires your attention.
Once you have revised the application or attached document, select “yes” to do you accept the stipulation?
You also have a place to enter information on what you did to cure the issue under “Provide an explanation on how to address this stipulation.”

Do NOT make your edits to the application here. This comment box is designed to allow you to add comments or steps taken to cure the issue.
Example answer: Application updated to provide an answer.

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No. You should ONLY upload in iRIS final versions of documents. iRIS has a compare version feature that automatically creates a tracked change version by comparing the revised document to a previous version selected.

Yes. Click the icon under “Compare to Last Approved” to open the compare document feature.

You will receive automatic reminders alerting you that changes have been requested and the IRB has not received your response back.

Automatic Reminders Timeline

Timeline	Email subject line
10 days	[irb_number] Failure to Respond to IRB Request
30 days	[irb_number] Failure to Respond to IRB Request (2nd notice)
45 days	[irb_number] Failure to Respond to IRB Request (3rd and final notice)

 

Sixty (60) days from the date the request for changes were sent if the IRB has not received a response, your application will be withdrawn.

Once withdrawn the submission is no longer under review. A study team still interested in conducting the research will need to submit the application as a new application.