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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Sending Indemnification to Institutional Official

1. Click “My Institutions” from the left-hand navigation to show all institutions associated with your account. 

2. You can also select “Indemnification” from the left hand navigation. 

3. Click “New Submission”.

4. To view what the Signatory Official will see in the agreement, use the download Indemnification PDF button.

This will save a prefilled version of the indemnification to your computer.

5. Open the downloaded PDF to see a copy of the indemnification. 

6.Confirm the information for the signatory official, populated from the details added under the institutional official in the contact list.  

7.Click the “Request Signature” button to send a link to the Signatory Official for them to sign.

8.Click the “Request Signature” button to send a link to the Signatory Official for them to sign.

9.An email will be sent to the Institutional Official asking them to review and sign the agreement.

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