COUHES Guidance Documents
COUHES Connect Guidance |
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Guidelines for investigators to ensure that exempt research complies with MIT and COUHES policies. |
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Guide on how to complete and use the exempt evaluation tool. |
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Guidance on how to manage attachments and revised documents within the protocol. |
For technical help with COUHES Connect, contact ra-help@mit.edu
COUHES Connect: User Guides
In collaboration with IS&T and RAS, COUHES offers a detailed learning course for COUHES Connect. Investigators are encouraged to complete the training course before embarking on a new submission or to learn more information on best practices within COUHES Connect.
COUHES Connect: View & Download Protocols
COUHES Connect: Create & Submit Protocol
COUHES Connect: Certifying and Approving Protocols
COUHES Connect Guidance |
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Step by step guidance for PI’s outlining the purpose of the PI Certification and how to complete it. |
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Guidance for Department Heads outlining the purpose of protocol approvals and how to complete them. |
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Guidance on how to view, reply, and submit responses to COUHES comments in a protocol. |
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How to look up team members' completed training in the COUHES Connect Training Maintenance tab. |
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How to use the Research Team tab in your protocol to manage human subjects training requirements for personnel charged to sponsored project funding sources. |
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Guidance on how investigators can extend the End Date of an existing Exempt Evaluation. |
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Guidance on how investigators can close an existing Exempt Evaluation. |
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Guidance on creating a reliance request for Single-IRB review. |
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MIT as Relying Site (Ceded) to Support Single-IRB Requests [PDF] |
Guidance on creating a relying IRB – cede request for Single-IRB review. |
Relying Site and Reviewing IRB to Support Single-IRB Requests [PDF] |
Combined guidance for single IRB review requests, including requirements for MIT as reviewing or relying IRB. |
For technical help with COUHES Connect, contact ra-help@mit.edu
Application and Reporting Forms
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An overview of the COUHES Connect dashboard and how to navigate the platform. |
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For technical help with COUHES Connect, contact ra-help@mit.edu