When to Use Them and Where to Find Them

For IRB Application directions/steps and all necessary forms/templates, please go to the Center for Graduate Studies Lounge

Click Content -> find Institutional Review Board (IRB) Process.

If you cannot locate a form, please contact IRB@Aspen.edu

IRB Application Form – Submit this when requesting initial approval for your study/project.
IRB Close Out Form – Submit this when you have passed your oral defense and your final dissertation/doctoral project has been accepted by the university. This is essentially a notification to the IRB to close out your file.
IRB Change Request - Submit this when any changes need to made to an approved study/project. Changes cannot be made without IRB review and approval. The type of review will depend on the magnitude of the change and the effect of the change on the risks/benefits ratio.
IRB Continuing Review Form – Submit this form when your study/project exceeds the initial one-year approval time frame (i.e., if you study/project is still in progress after one- year of receiving approval, you must submit this form).
IRB Events Reporting Form – Submit this form for any of the following:

Adverse events or unanticipated problems involving risks to participants or others
Deviations from an approved study plan and violations of the terms of approval