Social and Behavioral Research Forms
Continuing Review Forms
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Continuing Review Facepages
(updated 9/5/2014)
and
Continuing Review Narrative Summary of Progress
(updated 4/23/2012)
and as applicable, currently approved consent/permission/assent forms and clean consent/permission/assent forms (for
re-approval) are to be submitted approximately 45 days prior to the study approval expiration date (365 days from
initial/continuing review approval or as outlined in the approval letter). To avoid a lapse of
study approval, it is strongly suggested that the submission process begin 45 days prior to expiration.
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It is the PI's responsibility to obtain continuing approval for projects lasting longer than one
year. Therefore, the PI's department should maintain internal systems to track when continuing
reviews must be submitted. Although e-IRB systems can be useful, they should not be relied upon to
avoid lapses in approval (due to volume of data and access by multiple users). Federal regulations
require that IRB review and re-approval of projects be accomplished
at intervals not greater than 365 days. If continuing review documents are not submitted before
study expiration, a complete, "New" application must be submitted. If Initial and Continuing
Reviews are granted, the maximum project lifespan is up to ten years (i.e., up to nine cycles of
Continuing Review after Initial approval). No later than 45 days prior to the tenth anniversary of
initial approval, the project must be resubmitted as a New Application. The title should include
the word "Resubmission" after the title on the new application Facesheets.
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