SMART IRB - The University of Iowa’s preferred method to achieve reliance with other institutions.  Numerous institutions have signed up on SMART IRB to facilitate the reliance process.

These are completed outside of SMART IRB. These require the University of Iowa’s Institutional Official’s signature.  Below are different types of reliance agreements:

• Institution to Institution agreements 
• Organizations without their own FWA
• Individual Investigator agreements

Contact uirb-external@uiowa.edu for more information on establishing reliance outside of the SMART IRB platform.

These are groups that conduct collaborative research utilizing an sIRB model where Iowa will be a relying site. Click on each page for more information: 

Great Plains Collaborative (GPC/PCORI)

StrokeNet

NCI CIRB

These are IRBs who primarily focus on industry-sponsored collaborative research but can handle other forms of sponsored research.  Click on each page for more information:

Advarra

WCG  (WIRB)

Investigators seeking to use any other type of multi-site central IRB or other External IRB model not previously described should contact the Human Subjects Office via email(link sends e-mail). Please refer to the guidance document below for additional details.