through identifiers linked to the participants. Note: All of the data or materials must exist prior to proposing the research. Exempt Category 5: Research and demonstration projects that are conducted by or subject to the approval of department or agency heads and that are designed to study, evaluate, or otherwise examine: public benefit or service programs; procedures for obtaining benefits or services under those programs; possible changes in or alternatives to those programs or procedures; or possible changes in methods or levels of payment for benefits or services under those programs. Note: In to be eligible for this exemption, all of the following must apply: The research is conducted pursuant to specific federal statutory authority. The research has no statutory requirements for IRB review. The research involves no significant physical invasions or intrusions upon the privacy interests of subject. The research has authorization or concurrence by the funding agency. You have to request an exempt by first checking the appropriate box in the IRB application, and then adding a written request for exemption to your IRB application. In your request, you need to specify the category under which you are requesting an exemption from full IRB review. Your request for an exemption is not a guarantee of an exemption. You may not start collecting data until the Adler Graduate School Institutional Review Board has communicated to you in writing its decision about exemption. The above is our attempt to answer a few general questions. For more information, you may want to visit the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) general website is For general discussion behavioral research involving human participants go to Chapter V of the Institutions Review Board Guidebook at the Office for Human Research protection (OHRP) Archive at To read more IRB, please go to For a complete Glossary of Terms Frequently Used in the process of research with human participants and in the process of review of such research, please go to
through identifiers linked to the participants. Note: All of the data or materials must exist prior to proposing the research. Exempt Category 5: Research and demonstration projects that are conducted by or subject to the approval of department or agency heads and that are designed to study, evaluate, or otherwise examine: public benefit or service programs; procedures for obtaining benefits or services under those programs; possible changes in or alternatives to those programs or procedures; or possible changes in methods or levels of payment for benefits or services under those programs. Note: In to be eligible for this exemption, all of the following must apply: The research is conducted pursuant to specific federal statutory authority. The research has no statutory requirements for IRB review. The research involves no significant physical invasions or intrusions upon the privacy interests of subject. The research has authorization or concurrence by the funding agency. You have to request an exempt by first checking the appropriate box in the IRB application, and then adding a written request for exemption to your IRB application. In your request, you need to specify the category under which you are requesting an exemption from full IRB review. Your request for an exemption is not a guarantee of an exemption. You may not start collecting data until the Adler Graduate School Institutional Review Board has communicated to you in writing its decision about exemption. The above is our attempt to answer a few general questions. For more information, you may want to visit the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) general website is For general discussion behavioral research involving human participants go to Chapter V of the Institutions Review Board Guidebook at the Office for Human Research protection (OHRP) Archive at To read more IRB, please go to For a complete Glossary of Terms Frequently Used in the process of research with human participants and in the process of review of such research, please go to
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