This is a reminder to take immediate action on any new study applications that are still in Draft mode and haven’t been revised since June 30^th, 2022.

As initially announced in the IRB’s May 2023 Bulletin: There are many new study applications in “Draft” mode (have never been submitted to the IRB) in iRIS that have not been touched by the study team in over a year. These are now on outdated versions of the application form which do not include all of the questions currently required for IRB review.

Effective June 30th, 2023, any new study applications that are still in Draft mode and that haven’t been revised since June 30^th, 2022, will be labeled as ‘Abandoned Draft.’ Study teams will still be able to view these abandoned draft applications, but they will no longer be editable or submittable.

If you have a new application draft that you have not worked on since June 30^th, 2022, and still intend to submit to the IRB, you have 2 options:

1. Revise or submit it before June 30^th, 2023. If prompted by iRIS, you must “convert to new form version” and answer any new questions/sections.
2. Start a new application. You can copy and paste answers from the Draft version as appropriate.