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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><b>PROJECT BACKGROUND</b></span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) will implement the Institutional Review Board (IRB) module of the Research Administration Portal (RAP) for the support human of subjects research.
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<div style="margin:0px"><b>PROJECT STATUS: </b>On-track</div>
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<li>The soft launch of the IRB module is currently set for Monday, January 25. <span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW97070662 BCX0" style="margin:0px;border:0px none rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant:no-common-ligatures no-discretionary-ligatures no-historical-ligatures no-contextual;font-stretch:100%;line-height:19.425px;font-family:WordVisi_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;place-self:auto;alignment-baseline:auto;animation:0s ease 0s 1 normal none running none;appearance:none;backdrop-filter:none;backface-visibility:visible;background:none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);baseline-shift:0px;block-size:auto;border-block:0px none rgb(0, 0, 0);border-radius:0px;border-collapse:separate;border-inline:0px none rgb(0, 0, 0);inset:auto;box-shadow:none;box-sizing:content-box;break-after:auto;break-before:auto;break-inside:auto;buffered-rendering:auto;caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);clear:none;clip:auto;clip-path:none;clip-rule:nonzero;color-interpolation:srgb;color-interpolation-filters:linearrgb;color-rendering:auto;columns:auto auto;column-rule:0px none rgb(0, 0, 0);column-span:none;cursor:text;cx:0px;cy:0px;d:none;display:inline;dominant-baseline:auto;fill:rgb(0, 0, 0);fill-opacity:1;fill-rule:nonzero;filter:none;flex:0 1 auto;flex-flow:row nowrap;flood-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);flood-opacity:1;font-kerning:none;font-optical-sizing:auto;grid-auto-columns:auto;grid-auto-flow:row;grid-auto-rows:auto;grid-area:auto / auto / auto / auto;grid-template-areas:none;grid-template-columns:none;grid-template-rows:none;height:auto;hyphens:manual;image-orientation:from-image;image-rendering:auto;inline-size:auto;inset-block:auto;inset-inline:auto;isolation:auto;lighting-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);margin-block:0px;margin-inline:0px;marker:none;mask-type:luminance;max-block-size:none;max-height:none;max-inline-size:none;max-width:none;min-block-size:0px;min-height:0px;min-inline-size:0px;min-width:0px;object-fit:fill;object-position:50% 50%;offset:none 0px auto 0deg;opacity:1;order:0;outline:rgb(0, 0, 0) none 0px;outline-offset:0px;overflow-anchor:auto;overflow-wrap:break-word;overscroll-behavior-block:auto;overscroll-behavior-inline:auto;padding-block:0px;padding-inline:0px;perspective:none;perspective-origin:0px 0px;pointer-events:auto;r:0px;resize:none;ruby-position:over;rx:auto;ry:auto;scroll-behavior:auto;scroll-margin-block:0px;scroll-margin-inline:0px;scroll-padding-block:auto;scroll-padding-inline:auto;shape-image-threshold:0;shape-margin:0px;shape-outside:none;shape-rendering:auto;stop-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);stop-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-dashoffset:0px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-opacity:1;stroke-width:1px;tab-size:8;table-layout:auto;text-align-last:auto;text-anchor:start;text-decoration:none solid rgb(0, 0, 0);text-decoration-skip-ink:auto;text-overflow:clip;text-rendering:auto;text-shadow:none;text-size-adjust:auto;text-underline-position:auto;touch-action:auto;transform:none;transform-origin:0px 0px;transform-style:flat;transition:all 0s ease 0s;user-select:text;vector-effect:none;width:auto;will-change:auto;writing-mode:horizontal-tb;x:0px;y:0px;z-index:auto;zoom:1;border-spacing:0px"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97070662 BCX0" style="margin:0px">Details
of the soft and full launches can be found on the <a href="https://research.uoregon.edu/manage/research-administration-portal" title="https://research.uoregon.edu/manage/research-administration-portal" style="margin:0px">RAP</a> website.</span></span></li></ul>
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<div style="margin:0px"><b>COMPLETED TASKS</b></div>
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<li>HRPP Toolkit*</li><ul>
<li>Staff have reviewed and finalized the toolkit documents.</li><li><i>*The toolkit is made up of standard operating procedures (SOPs), checklists, templates, worksheets, and more. These toolkit documents will be used in conjunction with the new IRB module.</i></li></ul>
<li>Support Plan</li><ul>
<li>The support plan has been finalized and shared with support teams.</li></ul>
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<div style="margin:0px"><b>CURRENT TASKS</b></div>
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<li>Go-Live Checklist</li><ul>
<li>The project team continues to monitor the go-live checklist, completing tasks in preparation for the soft launch of the IRB module.</li></ul>
<li>Training</li><ul>
<li>General information sessions and training workshops are underway.</li><li>See our<a href="https://research.uoregon.edu/plan/training-opportunities/training-catalog-list/56" title="https://research.uoregon.edu/plan/training-opportunities/training-catalog-list/56" style="margin:0px"> training catalog</a> for more information on
upcoming dates, times, and registration links.</li></ul>
<li>Go-Live Communications</li><ul>
<li>The project team is preparing communications that will be sent on Monday, January 25, announcing the soft launch of the IRB module.</li></ul>
<li>Online Resources</li><ul>
<li>Research Compliance Services (RCS) is working to update<span> </span><a href="https://research.uoregon.edu/manage/research-integrity-compliance/human-subjects-research" title="https://research.uoregon.edu/manage/research-integrity-compliance/human-subjects-research" style="margin:0px">human
subjects research</a> website content in preparation for the soft launch on 1/25. <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75948520 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">C</span><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun SCXW75948520 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;user-select:text"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75948520 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">hanges
to various pages can be expected leading up to the soft launch and shortly after.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW75948520 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}" style="margin:0px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;user-select:text"> </span></li><li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="6" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="2" class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW75948520 BCX0" style="user-select:text;clear:both;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif">
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<span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun SCXW75948520 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:12pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);user-select:text"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75948520 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">RCS
has created a new page to support investigators with new and existing studies to navigate the<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW75948520 BCX0" href="https://research.uoregon.edu/manage/research-integrity-compliance/human-subjects-research/transitioning-irb-module-rap" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun Underlined SCXW75948520 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:12pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);user-select:text;text-decoration:underline"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75948520 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">Transition
to the<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun Underlined SCXW75948520 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:12pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);user-select:text;text-decoration:underline"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75948520 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">RAP<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun Underlined SCXW75948520 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:12pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);user-select:text;text-decoration:underline"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75948520 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">IRB
module</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun SCXW75948520 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:12pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);user-select:text"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75948520 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW75948520 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);user-select:text"> </span></p>
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<div style="margin:0px"><b>UPCOMING TASKS</b></div>
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<li>Support and Stabilization</li><ul>
<li>Research Compliance Services (RCS) is committed and prepared to keep investigators and research teams moving forward during this transition. </li><li>If you have any questions about the IRB module, how to submit your new study, or which process to use for your transaction, contact RCS by email (researchcompliance@uoregon.edu).</li></ul>
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<li><span style="margin:0px">If you have any questions or comments about this project or the changes the new IRB module will introduce, please email rapinfo@uoregon.edu. </span></li></ul>
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