IRBManager System
IRBManager is the main system for all IRB submissions.
New users can create an IRBManager account by entering a user name and password on the main page. Please see below on the how to steps.
How to create an IRBManager login
Go to the CU-Bloomsburg IRBManager website
Enter Username: use your CU email address (example@bloomu.edu, lockhaven.edu or mansfield.edu). If you are a current CU student, please use your school email address. For all other users please use a current email address otherwise it may not be accepted by IRBManager system.
Enter Password:
Enter Client: Bloomsburg
![IRBManager Login Page](/sites/default/files/styles/width_860/public/2024-05/irb-manager.png?itok=Nqrm1gck)
- Enter Principal Investigator or Coordinator
- If you are a principal investigator, choose investigator
- If you are a coordinator who will be submitting for an investigator, choose coordinator.
- If you are a student you may not serve as a Principal Investigator at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania and will need to use the coordinator role for submission.
- The Principal Investigator will need to register him/herself using this same process before you submit the IRB Application Form.
Please answer all pertinent questions.
If you already have an account and are unable to login, please do not create a new account. Instead, go to the IRBManager login page and click on ‘Forgot Password’ and enter your email address to receive a new password. If you are still unable to login, please send an email to BU-IRB@bloomu.edu to receive help.
Forms
- Amendment to Protocol Instructions
- Continuing Review Instructions
- Study Closure Instructions
- Unanticipated Events Instructions
Helpful Tip Video
CITI training requirements
- Any student/staff/faculty conducting research are required to complete CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) training before you complete your application.
- You will need to complete either Biomedical Research-Basic/Refresher or Social & Behavioral Research-Basic/Refresher depending on your research discipline
- Please use the affiliation Commonwealth University of PA when registering.
- If you do not have this training please go on the CITI Program website to register and complete.
a. For assistance please see our guide.
How to submit an IRB proposal
- Click on the “Submit a New Application to the IRB” link in the upper left under “Actions” This will take you directly into the form to start answering questions.
- Enter your study information.
- Once completed with your form you will click "Submit" IRB administration will receive the application and start the review process
![IRBManager Portal](/sites/default/files/styles/width_860/public/2024-05/irb.jpg?itok=eEaNdnRh)
NOTE – If your information is not completed, your submission will not be reviewed until it is finished.
CUP-IRB Contact Information
1. Include the IRB number, name of Commonwealth University and contact information of the CUP-IRB Chair’s name and contact information on all recruitment and consent forms