Online Submission Guide
Task- and screen-specific, printable guides on how to complete the IRB Application and navigate the IRBIS user interface:
The IRB Online Submission Guide is in the process of being revised. Content may not be current.
IRBIS login
Initiating an IRB Application
- Initiating a new IRB application
- Copying (cloning) an existing study
- Application features (data entry; adding UNC-affiliated personnel; attaching documents)
- Initial application types (as reflected in Item List)
- Application cover memo
Navigating IRBIS (submission monitoring and retrieval)
- The Home screen
- Two navigation bars
- Tracking submission progress (In draft/Being Routed/Under Review)
- Checking study/submission status
- Accessing your approval letter, document list, and expiration notices
- Accessing/downloading your current study documents
- Monitoring study team COI disclosure and CITI completion
- Ascertain your submission’s full board agenda date
Routing a Submission I (PI and Faculty Advisor certifications) (pdf)
- Indicating routing departments (monitoring certifications/approvals)
- Principal Investigator submits and certifies
- Study staff submits and PI certifies
- Faculty Advisor reviews/certifies
- Checking routing status
- Revising and resubmitting following departmental disapproval
Routing a Submission II (Department Approver and Reviewer responsibilities) (pdf)
Generating Consent Templates
Managing Documents
- Consent Forms
- Attachments
- IRB marked copies
- Using track-changes to review IRB-marked consents and attachments (instructional video)
- When/how to delete documents
- Retrieving historical study documents