Submit or update your Institutional Profile

Applies to: Reliance System · Site Admins

The Institutional Profile is where your institution records the standing, institution-wide information that Reviewing IRBs and collaborating study teams need before they work with you: legal jurisdiction (which state's law applies to you), your IRB/HRPP's capabilities and website, whether you are a CTSA hub, and the local requirements and policies that apply to every study at your site. Completing it is optional but strongly encouraged — it saves your POC from answering the same questions on every request. The form was streamlined in September 2026 to one or two pages and now shows the date it was last updated at the bottom left.

To submit or update it: a Site Admin with the Institution permission signs in, opens My Institutions, selects the institution, then Institutional Profile. Select the pencil icon to edit, complete the form, and submit. Responses are visible to and downloadable by anyone on the Participating Institutions page.

Update the profile whenever something changes. Step-by-step: Updates to Institutional Profile user guide.

See also - Local Considerations and Other Considerations - Points of Contact, contact information, and group emails