Revised SOP on IRB Authorization Agreements (IAA)

The CUNY Central HRPP Office has issued a revised SOP on IRB Authorization Agreements (IAA) (also known as a Reliance Agreement, Cooperative Agreement, or IRB Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)). An IAA is formal document that provides a mechanism for an institution engaged in human subjects research to designate the institutional review board (IRB) of another institution as the IRB
of Record for one or more human subject research protocols. An IAA is an agreement between the institution(s) that 1) Specifies which institution’s IRB will be the IRB of Record for some or all components of a study; and 2) Defines the responsibilities for the IRB and for each institution.

Please review the updated SOP here, which provides information on requesting an IAA. The CUNY HRPP form for selecting the IRB of Record can be found here.