Health and Human Services Homepage

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | National Institutes of Health

NIH PROTECT eIRB Solution (eIRB Refresh Project)



After careful analysis and many discussions, in summer of 2021, Huron IRB was selected as our new vendor!  The project officially initiated on September 30, 2021, and the new system will “go live” in October of 2022.

Currently, members of the NIH intramural community are actively being engaged to provide input to help us shape the new system. In spring and summer, we will begin testing the new system, and encourage the NIH intramural community to get involved. Please reach out to us if you are interested in being a tester.

Additionally, in summer and fall, a robust education and training program for the new system will be provided to ensure all have a strong understanding around how to use the new system.

We appreciate the input and engagement of the NIH Intramural community thus far, and look forward to your continued participation.  Please be on the lookout for additional communications in the near future with more information about the project!

-NIH OHSRP

For questions on the NIH Huron implementation please contact: OHSRPeIRBProject@od.nih.gov

Upcoming Events 

eIRB Demo & Upcoming Change Considerations

Sue Tindall, eIRB Change Management Lead and Meredith Mullan, eIRB Project Manager. 

The objective of this session is to provide the NIH community with a vivid depiction of:

  • The underlying work that has gone into the eIRB implementation
  • The NIH partnerships and stakeholders that have guided the system design
  • Our pathway to implementation regarding testing, training, and migration
  • A dive into known process considerations on the horizon
  • System overview and demo, as well as a walkthrough of the study side workflow

Please download the Outlook Calendar Invite Here:

OHSRP Education Series_ eIRB Demo & Upcoming Change Considerations.ics

Timeline

Migration Dates


The implementation of the Huron eIRB system is well underway, and we are getting closer to our go live date in October 2022. In preparation, protocol submissions must be sent in advance. This will allow the IRB office and other ancillary offices time to process in flight submissions prior to the migration from iRIS iMedris (which will be kept in a read only state), to the new Huron eIRB system, to prevent a lag in the review of research.

Testing

If you have an interest in being an end user tester for the eIRB system this spring and summer 2022 please complete the eIRB System - End User Testing Interest Poll survey.  We look forward to testing and learning with you, and most importantly getting your thoughts and feedback! 
Return to top