Reliance is the process of using a single IRB for review of multiple sites or investigators at multiple institutions. Reliance and single IRB review are now required by several federal initiatives including the National Institutes of Health Single IRB (sIRB) policy, Common Rule revisions, and the 21st Century Cures Act.
You may request that Rhodes College IRBs rely on an external IRB for review and approval of your research that is conducted with colleagues from another institution or that will collect data at another institution. You may also request that Rhodes College IRB be the reviewing IRB for research done at another institution.