{"id":2645,"date":"2026-06-05T20:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=2645"},"modified":"2026-08-15T00:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:59:19","slug":"site-authorization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/irb-submission-process\/site-authorization\/","title":{"rendered":"Site authorization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-9551\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-9551<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:IRB@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> IRB&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">NAU Research<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Site authorization<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All research applications must be submitted to the IRB through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irbnet.org\/release\/home.html\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IRBNet<\/a>, an externally hosted software product. All IRB forms must be obtained from the IRBNet Forms and Templates library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Request for investigators who are not affiliated with NAU to access university personnel, students, or resources to conduct human research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Site authorization submission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Items required for all site authorization submissions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete and upload the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/06\/Site-Authorization-Tip.pdf\">Site Authorization Form<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Approval letter from the reviewing institution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Original approved application from the reviewing institution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Original approved informed consent from the reviewing institution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/06\/Sharing-Tip.pdf\">Share your project<\/a>&nbsp;with the NAU IRB Office, granting \u201cFull\u201d access.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/06\/Signing-Tip.pdf\">PI must sign the package<\/a>. Student projects must be signed by the faculty advisor as well as by the student PI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submit the package by clicking the \u201cSubmit\u201d button in IRBNet.&nbsp;Select \u201cOther\u201d from the \u201cSubmission Type\u201d dropdown options.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional requirements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Authorization from NAU department or unit granting permission to requested human subjects and\/or records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/resources-faqs\/instructional-videos\/\">instructional videos<\/a>&nbsp;for guidance on IRB submissions, review processes, and human research requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":2781,"parent":2601,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2645","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5493,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2645\/revisions\/5493"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}