IRB Resources
Example Consent, Permission and Assent Documents:
- Exempt Status Survey conducted by Graduate Student
- Exempt Status Interview, bulleted format
- Oral script for phone interview
- Expedited Interview, Hard copy consent, with signatures
- Parental Permission form where child is <7 yrs of age
- Parental Permission form (to be used with assent form)
- Youth Assent form (13–17 yrs of age)
- Child Assent form (7–12 yrs of age)
- Parent and Child forms for 4H research
- Permission letter examples for outside entities engaged in research
Additional Resources for Informed Consent
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Informed Consent and Authorization Toolkit for Minimal Risk Research
Regulations, Policies and Guidance:
- Research Compensation Options
- NDSU Policy: Research on Human Subjects
- The Belmont Report
- Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP)
- Food and Drug Administration
- OHRP FAQs: Investigator Responsibilities, Research with Children, Informed Consent, and more
- OHRP Common Noncompliance Findings
- Protecting sensitive data and information in research (NIH)
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors FAQs about clinical trials registration
- Clinical Trial Pre-registration requirement ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data sharing policy for genome-wide association studies funded by NIH
Other Related Organizations:
- AAHRPP: Voluntary accreditation for human research protection programs
- ORI Office of Research Integrity (DHHS)
- Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (JERHRE)
- The Hastings Center
Federal Sponsors’ Human Research Protections Policies:
- National Institutes of Health
- Department of Navy
- National Science Foundation
- Center for Disease Control
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Office of Naval Research
- National Institutes of Justice
- Dept. of Education
- Dept. of Energy
Resources for International Research:
- The 2011 edition of "The International Compilation of Human Subject Protections"
- OHRP Guidance on International Research
Last updated: February 15, 2012
