Important Update
On April 14, the NIH sent Harvard University a Stop Work Order of the SMART IRB federal funding contract.
From the beginning, SMART IRB has been a collaborative, grassroots effort: SMART IRB was built by and for the community. It is not owned by Harvard, NIH, HHS, or any other entity.  At this time, Harvard is supporting the core team to maintain the Agreement and assist Participating Institutions to the best of our abilities. It is our intention to continue to provide this vital support to advance collaborative research. Please contact us for assistance.
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Reliance Statuses

1. Draft: A Reliance request that has been created but not submitted. 

2. Under Review: A reliance request that has been submitted or recently resubmitted. 

3. Eligible: A reliance request that has gone through pre-check and has been marked an eligible to proceed.  

4. Not Eligible: A reliance request that has been gone through the pre-check process and has been marked not eligible to proceed.  

5. Reviewing IRB Identified: A reliance request where the listed proposed reviewing IRB or home institution has agreed to be the reviewing IRB of the  request. 

6. Reviewing IRB Not Identified: A reliance request where the no proposed reviewing IRB, home institution, nor involved institution has agreed to be the reviewing IRB. 

7. Reliance Forms Submitted: A reliance request where at least one involved site has marked their decision to rely or not rely on the reviewing IRB. 

8. Reliance Reached: A reliance request where at least one involved site has agreed to rely and the reviewing IRB has issued a determination letter. 

9. Action Required: A reliance request where revisions have been requested. 

10. Withdrawn: A reliance request that has been recalled from the reliance request review process. 

Note: A reliance request can only be withdrawn before a reliance decision has been made. 

11. Reopened: A reliance request that has been previously withdrawn and is now ready to proceed. 

Note: A reliance request that has been reopened needs to be submitted before it can begin the reliance request review process. 

12. Admin Withdrawn: A legacy reliance request that did not reach an end state and did not have any previous reliance decision. Reliance requests in were administratively moved by the SMART IRB Team. 

13. Admin Reliance Reached: A legacy reliance request that had at least one previous reliance decision. Reliance requests in this status were administratively moved by the SMART IRB Team, as part of the migration to the new Reliance System.