IRB reviews and Project funding

Reviewing IRB submissions

Please submit your documents to mandy@cmu.edu in a format in which comments and tracked changes can be enabled such as GoogleDocs or Microsoft Word. PDFs are not preferred.

IRB Tips

Consent Forms - New language required by the IRB for your consent forms:

Under Confidentiality (use existing language from online templates from the IRB website plus add in A & B below)

A. Add the disclaimer below regarding your use of any 3rd party vendors for data collection. Please fill in the blank with the company names (e.g., Google, Qualtrics, Zoom, Dropbox, CMU Box, Microsoft, etc. - however you are collecting your data - in most cases Qualtrics).

The study will collect your research data through the use of ______________. These/This companies/company are not owned by CMU. The companies will have access to the research data that you produce and any identifiable information that you share with them while using their product. Please note that Carnegie Mellon does not control the Terms and Conditions of the companies or how they will use or protect any information that they collect.”

B. Add the language below regarding payment transactions with 3rd parties, since the participants paid through Prolific.

Payment methods, especially those facilitated by third-party vendors (such as Visa, Venmo, Prolific, Amazon, PayPal), may require that the researchers and/or the vendor collect and use personal information (such as your first and last name, email addresses, phone numbers, banking information) provided by you in order for your payment to be processed. As with any payment transaction, there is the risk of a breach of confidentiality from the third-party vendor. All personal information collected by the researcher will be held as strictly confidential and stored in a password-protected digital file, or in a locked file cabinet, until payments are processed and reconciled. This information will be destroyed at the earliest acceptable time. Personal information held by the third-party vendor will be held according to their terms of use policy.

Under Right to Ask Questions & Contact Information

Replace these two numbers listed Phone: 412-268-1901 or 412-268-5460 with Phone: 412-268-4721

Project Funding

The budget for each project is $300. If your project requires additional funds, please contact lorrie@cmu.edu for approval. Please copy mandy@cmu.edu on this request.

Requesting Prolific funds

The best way to add funds for your Prolific project is to invite mandy@cmu.edu to join your Prolific workspace.

Directions on how to do this:

1. Select the 'Team' tab in the left sidebar to open the Team page.
2. Click 'Add teammates'
3. On the popup, the role for your new teammate will be automatically selected as 'collaborator'. ...
4. Enter your teammate's email address [mandy@cmu.edu] in the popup (see below) and select 'Send email invite'

Please label your workspace something identifiable, such as Privacy Labels or something related to your project.

Please also send me a pdf copy of your IRB approval letter for my records for your funding.

Requesting Prolific refunds

https://researcher-help.prolific.co/hc/en-gb/articles/360009092434-Can-I-request-a-refund-of-my-workspace-balance- Links to an external site.

Use the chatbot.

Requesting gift cards (recommend Amazon since wide range of amounts available and easy delivery)

Email mandy@cmu.edu the following:
Number of gift cards needed:

Amount of each:

Type(electronic or physical):

If electronic - email address to send them (someone on your team responsible for distributing the gift cards):

If physical - Physical address to send them (someone on your team responsible for distributing the gift cards):

Please also send me a pdf copy of your IRB approval letter for my records for your funding.