{"id":32661,"date":"2020-01-28T11:50:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T19:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/?page_id=32661"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T21:52:17","slug":"uw-irb-as-a-single-irb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/hsd\/single-irb\/uw-irb-as-a-single-irb\/","title":{"rendered":"UW IRB as a Single IRB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 Except under the terms of existing reliance agreements<\/a> and in unique circumstances approved by HSD management, the UW IRB is not able to serve as the single IRB when:<\/p>\n These criteria are intended as a reference for researchers who are planning multi-institutional research and should be considered as general guidelines, not rules. Researchers are encouraged to consult with HSD at hsdrely@uw.edu<\/a> to confirm any single IRB plans when preparing funding applications. HSD cannot guarantee UW IRB review for any multi-institutional research for which it has not been consulted<\/strong>. HSD will assess each multi-institutional study and work with the PI to determine the appropriate single IRB arrangement. The unique aspects of a study as well as the following factors may impact HSD’s decision:<\/p>\n
Print<\/a><\/p>\nContents<\/h3>\n
\n
When will UW serve as the single IRB<\/h2>\n
\n
\n