What are the requirements and the process to become a Yale RA?
An organization must demonstrate that it adheres to principles of ethical conduct of research and federal regulations before Yale will agree to serve as an organization’s IRB of record. The potential RA will be asked to submit an application that will describe, among other things, the organization’s mission, the proposed research, the organization’s human subjects protections policies, and the organization’s human subjects training. The application process to become a Yale RA has several steps: • The Yale principal investigator who plans to work with the potential RA must contact the Yale IRB most likely to review the proposed research protocol to determine if an RA relationship is appropriate. Certain types of research affiliations or collaborations require different types of documentation. • The Yale principal investigator and the potential RA should review this website to familiarize themselves with the requirements. • The potential RA must: • Create and adopt (or review and, if app
