IRB

First Obtain IRB Approval, Then Deploy

We require that you obtain IRB approval from your university or institute and share both the approval letter and human subjects narrative with us at etrials@assistments.org prior to deploying your study.

What Type of Research is E-TRIALS?

We know of multiple university IRBs that have granted approval for the use of E-TRIALS in a variety of ways. Thus far, approvals have fallen into one of the categories below:

Expedited Human Subjects Research

• University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Non-Human Research

• • • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

    • Harvard University, Boston, MA 

    • University of Maine, Orono, ME 

    • University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO 

Survey and Testing 

Exempt under Number 2 (§46.101b4) ("survey and testing" without personally identifiable information)

• • • Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 

    • Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 

Normal Instructional or Educational Practice

Exempt under Number 1 (§46.101b4) (normal instructional practice)

• • • University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

    • Boise State University, Boise, ID

Anonymous Data

Exempt under Number 4 ( §46.101b4) (subjects cannot be identified)

• • • Teacher College at Columbia University, New York, NY 

For additional information, please contact etrials@assistments.org.