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User Guides

Study Teams

Learn how investigators, study team members, and “General Users,” can centrally request, track, and document reliance arrangements.

Creating a SMART IRB User Account

Navigating My User Dashboard

Global View Landing Page 

Left Hand Navigation 

Notifications

Requesting Reliance

Create New Reliance Request 

Reliance Dashboard 

Download Determination Letter 

Reliance Request Statuses

Permissions

General User Permissions

User Type Change and Permission Adjustment