Do You Need a Reliance Agreement? Please check your response to the following questions: 1. Is this collaborative research, which involves both Emory Yes Continue to Question 2 and Non-Emory personnel? No No need for a reliance agreement 2. Is Emory actually engaged in human subjects’ research? Yes Continue to Question 3 , but typical evidence of being engaged includes any of the following: No No need for a reliance agreement Interaction or intervention with subjects Access to identifiable private information (*) Federal research grant awardee 3. Is the other institution or individual engaged in human Yes Continue to Question 4 subjects’ research? Same criteria apply as in Question 2 No No need for a reliance agreement 4. Has one institution already determined that the human No reliance agreement; please contact IRB to discuss whether subjects’ research is exempt from IRB review? Yes Emory IRB submission is necessary. No Continue to Question 5 No reliance agreement. The 5. Will be relying on or be the IRB of record for an international site should have their international institution? Yes Ethics committee review their study. No Continue to Question 6 6. Is the intent for one institution to rely on another for IRB oversight? Yes Complete Worksheet OR In the case of an individual researcher, is the intent for No No need for a reliance agreement Emory IRB to oversee his or her participation in research? (*) Information that contains . Proceed to worksheet on following page, if applicable…
Do You Need a Reliance Agreement? Please check your response to the following questions: 1. Is this collaborative research, which involves both Emory and Non-Emory personnel? Yes Continue to Question 2 No No need for a reliance agreement 2. Is Emory actually engaged in human subjects’ research? , but typical evidence of being engaged includes any of the following: Yes Continue to Question 3 Interaction or intervention with subjects Access to identifiable private information (*) Federal research grant awardee No No need for a reliance agreement 3. Is the other institution or individual engaged in human subjects’ research? Same criteria apply as in Question 2 Yes Continue to Question 4 No No need for a reliance agreement 4. Has one institution already determined that the human subjects’ research is exempt from IRB review? Yes No reliance agreement; please contact IRB to discuss whether Emory IRB submission is necessary. No Continue to Question 5 5. Will be relying on or be the IRB of record for an international institution? Yes No reliance agreement. The international site should have their Ethics committee review their study. No Continue to Question 6 6. Is the intent for one institution to rely on another for IRB oversight? OR Yes Complete Worksheet In the case of an individual researcher, is the intent for Emory IRB to oversee his or her participation in research? No No need for a reliance agreement (*) Information that contains . Proceed to worksheet on following page, if applicable…