A primary sponsor is required to submit a new application. If there are multiple sponsors, one must be designated as primary. If the study has no sponsor or funding, by selecting the ‘None’ radio button will satisfy this requirement.
To add a new sponsor from the Forms page, click on the ‘Sponsor/Funding’ link. This will launch a sponsor search page allowing the user to search and select a sponsor. The first question asks for the type of sponsor. Depending on how this is answered, the process of adding sponsors will be different.
If the type of sponsor is ‘Government / Foundation’, ‘Corporate Sponsor’, or ‘Institutional Award’, the sponsor can be searched for by selecting the appropriate radio button (Full Name or Short Name), entering any amount of letters in the sponsor text box and clicking the ‘Search’ button for results. The dropdown list will have all applicable results (i.e. all sponsors with Short Name starting with the letters ‘NIH’. If the user selects a sponsor from the list, the ‘Next’ button will navigate to the Sponsor form for completion of the sponsor information for the protocol.
If the sponsor cannot be found, the user can request a new sponsor directly through the page.
Screenshots:
In the screenshots below, the user has searched for the sponsor using specific search criteria and clicked the ‘Next’ button to navigate to the Sponsor form to complete the information for AAlPharma.
If the sponsor cannot be found, the user must request that a new sponsor be added to the system; there is an ‘Add a sponsor’ link on the page that will bring the submitter to the Sponsor Request form. The Grants & Contracts office evaluates and any new sponsor requests and will respond the submitter. The IRB protocol application cannot be successfully validated until the sponsor has been added by the Grants office.