IRB Templates

The following documents are templates to guide you through document creation.

HIPAA

General HIPAA authorization for research use

HIPAA Auth (English)

Informed Consent Guidelines

Ensure your consent document follow these general guidelines

Guidelines for Preparing Your Consent Document

General Requirements for Informed Consent

How to Check a Flesch-Kincaid Readability Score Using Microsoft Word

PRISM Readability Toolkit

Additional Resources

Translating Research Documents

Informed Consent Templates

Various informed consent templates, including short form documents to be used when research includes non-English speaking subjects

ICF Addendum Template

ICF Template (2018 Common Rule)

Translating Research Documents

Short Form (English)

Short Form (Spanish)

Short Form (Arabic)

Protocol Documents

Choose between these two protocol documents, based on the design of your study

General Dear Subject Letter

Template letter for general communication to subjects

Dear Subject Letter Template