Frequently Asked Questions
Top 50 questions from the Reliance System and Version 3.0
Reliance System: Login and Registration
- Login issues: Creating a SMART IRB Account, Login Instructions, etc.
- Login Issues: I'm receiving an 'unauthorized' error message upon login.
- Login Issues: I have an existing account from the previous Online Reliance System or Joinder System. Do I need to create a new SMART IRB account?
- Login Issues: Which of the 3 login options should I choose?
- I’m having a technical issue in the Reliance System. Who should I reach out to for assistance?
Reliance System: Reliance Requests
- Do I have to use the Reliance System to execute reliance arrangements?
- I previously had reliance requests in the Online Reliance System. Do those carry over to the new Reliance System?
- In the previous Online Reliance System, I had a request in process. What happened during the transition to the Reliance System?
- What does ‘Administrative Withdrawal’ mean? Site removal? (Definitions)
- Will I be able to re-open a request that is administratively withdrawn?
SMART IRB Version 3.0
- When did SMART IRB Version 3.0 Reliance Agreement launch?
- I want to learn more about Version 3.0. Where should I go to find out more about the new agreement?
- Is joining the SMART IRB Version 3.0 Agreement required?
- Does my institution need to sign the Version 3.0 indemnification provision to join Version 3.0?
- When did Joinder and Online Reliance System go off-line?
- How do I know if my institution or another institution joined SMART IRB Version 3.0 Agreement and the V3.0 Indemnification Addendum?
New institutions (non V2.0/V1.0 institutions)
Optional Indemnification Addendum
- What is indemnification?
- Does my institution need to sign the Version 3.0 indemnification provision to join Version 3.0?
- What will happen to my institution’s existing indemnification agreements under Version 2.0 or 1.0?
- Can my institution be a signatory to the V3.0 Indemnification but limit its scope, i.e. not apply it to a given study?
- Can the limited scope include rendering the V3.0 indemnification addendum a one-way indemnification agreement?