E-IRB

E-IRB is the University of Kentucky’s Link Blue-secure web-based system used to submit human research applications and Other Reviews to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for review and approval.

Submission of new Expedited and Full Review applications in E-IRB became mandatory 1/22/2018; submission of new Exemption applications in E-IRB became mandatory 6/22/2017.

Tips and Technical Help

• Visit the E-IRB Video Library to review a variety of short videos with detailed illustrations. You may be prompted to log-in using your Link Blue ID and password to see the video tutorials.
• For general IRB info and help on whether your activity is human research, see ORI’s “Getting Started” web page and/or the E-IRB FAQs Interactive Tool.
• When you log in to E-IRB and start a new application, your SAP account information will be the default contact information added to the application. If your work contact information is outdated, or you're not sure what information SAP has, please review and edit your Personal Profile through the UK Employee Self Service web page: MyUK Portal. If your name has changed, you will need to submit a Name Change Form [PDF] to the Human Resources Benefits Office for entering into SAP.
• Do not open more than one session window of E-IRB. If you log in to E-IRB in more than one web browser, or open another E-IRB window to try and view more than one application, there could be synchronization issues with the data that displays as well as other data-related problems.
• Do you have study personnel with a common name so you find multiple listings when searching to add him/her to the Study Personnel section of your E-IRB application?  Check out some tips on selecting the correct listing here [PDF].
• For some basic technical help on downloading documents from the web using Chrome or Firefox, please review this Technical Help document.