Important Document
Download
Investigator's Manual for Human Subjects Research
Forms for Researchers
Download Applications for New Research
*Do not modify applications. Answer all questions completely
and thoroughly. If you feel a question does not apply to you state that
and explain why. Do not leave any questions blank. Incomplete
applications will not be approved and will be returned to you for
completion.
IRB application
for Full or Expedited Review
* Not sure which of these
to
use? See the Decision
Chart or FAQ for
information on whether your research will qualify for Exempt,
Expedited of Full Review.
Download Forms for Biological Specimens or DNA
Download Forms for Progress and Final Reports
Download Current Versions of Consent and Assent Forms
Informed
Consent Template
Interview
Informed Consent Template
Assent Template
Request
Waiver or Alteration of Consent: Please note to alter or waive
consent, you must provide justification
to do so. Fill out the appropriate portion of the Request for
Waiver or Alteration of Consent and
attach it to your IRB application.
If you are collecting
Protected Health
Information you will need to add additional language to your
consent
form, download a template below.
If you or an institution you are
affiliated with may make money related to your research you need to add
the Conflict of Interest Disclosure
to your consent form, download below.
Language to be
inserted into Informed Consent for
Special Cases:
Forms for IRB members
Reviewer comment form
Download Supplemental forms for Vulnerable
Populations:
Research involving Minors
Research involving
Cognitively Impaired Populations
Research involving
Prisoners
Please send all
correspondence to:
MTSU Institutional Review Board (IRB)
c/o Leigh Gostowski
Sam H. Ingram Bldg. 011B
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
PH: 615-494-8918
FX: 615-898-5028
If you need to report a study-related
injury, or if you have questions,
please contact the Compliance Officer, Leigh Gostowski at complian@mtsu.edu or 494-8918.
If you have any concerns regarding integrity and ethics in
research
and scholarship at MTSU, please do not hesitate to call (615) 898-8918
or e-mail irb@mtsu.edu. The
confidentiality of anyone who contacts the office will be protected
under the Whistleblower
Protection Act. Working together we
will promote the highest standard of integrity and ethics in research
and scholarship.
Leigh Gostowski
Compliance Officer
Sam H. Ingram Bldg. 011B
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
PH: 615-494-8918
FX: 615-898-5028
Email:
gostowsk@mtsu.edu
