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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User Guides

User Roles

1. As the point of contact (POC) for your institution you may see the user role of “Site Admin” upon a successful login.

2. As a Site Admin, (also known as an institution’s SMART IRB Point(s) of Contact) you have the ability to manage General users and Site Admin users for your institution; this includes inviting, activating and deactivating users, and controlling user permissions.

3. By default, Site Admins have the following permissions:

Institution: The ability to edit institutional details and profiles.

4. User: The ability to manage user access and permissions.

5.Reliance: The ability to create, edit, withdraw and decide reliance requests.