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Institutions and individuals may work together cooperatively on a research project involving human subjects. Often under these cooperative arrangements, multiple institutions and individuals may be engaged in the research. It may be advantageous, or required, to obtain IRB review from only one IRB for some or all of the engaged institutions or individuals rather than seeking IRB review from all engaged parties. This arrangement is referred to by HSD as single IRB (sIRB) review.<\/p>\n

2018 Common Rule requirement.<\/strong> Effective January 20, 2020, all of the domestic institutions that are engaged in a federally-supported, non-exempt, cooperative research project must rely upon approval by a single IRB. Health and Human Services (HHS) supported research does not have to comply with the requirement if at least one IRB has approved the research before January 20, 2020.<\/p>\n

NIH multi-site policy.<\/strong> For most NIH grant applications submitted on or after January 25, 2018, NIH requires the use of a single IRB for all domestic sites participating in multi-site non-exempt human subjects research.<\/p>\n

Other research.<\/strong> For research not subject to the 2018 Common Rule, the NIH policy, or another sponsor\u2019s requirement to use a single IRB, it may be advantageous to the research to obtain IRB review from the same IRB for some or all of the engaged institutions or individuals rather than seeking IRB review from multiple IRBs.<\/p>\n

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