Grants.Gov Information
Human Subjection Section in Federal Applications.
Human Subjects Section in Grants.gov and IES Electronic Submissions
A new feature of proposals submitted through grants.gov and the IES System is a section on the face page that requests detailed information about the involvement of human subjects in the research. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR IRB APPROVAL PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. Rather, investigators just need to provide a brief overview for all exempt and non-exempt research that touches upon the following issues:
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A basic description of the subject population
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Estimated Sample Size
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Recruitment sites (can be general types of sites)
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Anticipated method of recruitment
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Basic provisions for obtaining informed consent
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Anticipated confidentiality protections
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Anticipated means to minimize obvious risks
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Provisions for obtaining consent of collaborating institutions and/or parents as appropriate.
Please note that all of the above can be extremely general and leaves you free to make changes as warranted once the project is funded.