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Procedures for Completing the Research Project Notification

and Human Subjects Protection Form

As outlined in UMUC Policy 130.25, Conducting Research Involving Human Subjects, all UMUC students, staff, faculty, and individuals external to UMUC, who wish to conduct research involving human subjects must adhere to this policy before conducting any research.

All researchers must complete the Research Project Notification and Human Subjects Protection Form and receive all appropriate signatures before initiating any research. Please fill in each blank and provide copies of any additional documents (i.e. draft questionnaires) as necessary.

If you have any questions about the form, ask your IRB representative.

Research Project Notification and Human Subjects Protection Form

Date: __________________________

Name of Proposer: __________________________

Email: __________________________ Phone: _________________________

Fax: __________________________

Unit Representative: __________________________

Email: __________________________ Phone: __________________________

Fax: __________________________

1. Title of Project:

___________________________________________________________

2. Purpose of the Project:

___________________________________________________________

3. Survey Instruments or Data Collection Methodology to be used.

A. Interview, focus group, questionnaire, or other?

__________________________

If other, please explain.

B. Online, regular mail, face-to-face, or other?

__________________________

If other, please explain.

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C. Please attach a copy of each instrument if it has been prepared. If not, explain how it will be developed.

4. Research Design including population and sample, if applicable.

A. UMUC Students, Staff, Faculty, or other?

__________________________

If other, please explain.

B. Sample Size_____

C. What information will be collected (e.g. any potentially sensitive subjects such as drug use, etc)?

D. What data other than the respondents' answers will be sought (e.g. via access to UMUC records)?

E. How will the privacy and confidentiality of the human subjects be recorded and stored?

F. How will the analysis protect the respondent's right to privacy (e.g., if less than five people are in a table cell, how will their identity remain anonymous)?

5. Signature Approvals Proposer Verification

______I have read and understand the UMUC Policy 130.25 and the procedures for completing the Research Project Notification and Human Subjects Protection Form. I have completed the Research Project Notification and Human Subjects Protection Form fully and accurately. I agree to comply with UMUC Policy 130.25.

________________________________ _______________

Research Proposer Date

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Course Instructor Approval

______I have determined that the proposed research involves minimal risk and is limited to individuals within the proposer's course and is approved.

______ I have determined that there may be a risk to human subjects and will forward the application form to the appropriate IRB representative.

________________________________ Course Instructor

_______________

Date

Please return form to the Proposer or forward to IRB representative, as appropriate. IRB Representative Approval

______I have determined that the proposed research involves minimal risk and is approved.

______I have determined that the proposed research involves more than minimal risk and/or is being completed by an individual external to UMUC and must be forwarded to the IRB to complete a full review.

________________________________ IRB Representative

_______________

Date

Please return form to the Proposer within 7 working days or forward to full IRB, as appropriate. IRB Full Board Approval

The IRB has completed a full review. The proposed research has been:

___________ approved. ___________ disapproved.

Explanation:

______________________________ IRB Chairperson

_______________

Date

Please return form to the Proposer within 10 working days.

Appropriate Research Office Approval

______I have determined that the proposed research will not denigrate the integrity of UMUC data collection nor will it put an undue burden on UMUC and UMUC data collection and surveying.

______I have determined that the proposed research should not be undertaken. Please see the attached memo for further explanation of this decision.

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Please indicate with an “X” which individual has made the determination and then sign on the line provided below:

_____ Vice President, Accountability and Planning, UMUC-Adelphi _____ Director, Office of Institutional Research, UMUC-Asia _____ Director, Office of Institutional Planning, UMUC-Europe

________________________________ _______________

Appropriate Research Staff Date

Please return form to the Proposer within 7 working days.

Abstracts of all proposals will be kept for two years in the UMUC-Adelphi Office of Institutional Accountability, Planning, and Research. All completed research forms, electronic research files, proposals, research reports and data collection instruments must be stored in the UMUC-Adelphi Office of Institutional Accountability, Planning, and Research for two years.

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