On April 14, the NIH sent Harvard University a Stop Work Order of the SMART IRB federal funding contract.
Harvard is temporarily supporting the core team to allow institutions to continue to join the SMART IRB Agreement and to assist Participating Institutions to the best of our abilities.
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As of March 17, 2025, all new reliance arrangements must be under SMART IRB Agreement V3.0. Participating Institutions may not initiate new reliance arrangements under SMART IRB Agreements (V1.0/2.0).

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