This Gif Guide covers the final steps in an initial submission: certification and submission.

Checking Submission Status

From the study details page, you will note that a red banner appears above the IRB number assigned to the study by Cayuse. If your study has not yet been submitted for review, this red banner will read "Unsubmitted."

If you click on the "Submissions" tab next to the "Study Details" tab at the top of the screen, you will be taken to a list of submissions associated with the study. If this is your initial submission to the IRB, only one submission will appear in the list, and it will be labeled "Initial." Click the word "initial" to open the initial submission.

Note that the same red banner appears above the word "Initial," above the Cayuse-assigned IRB number. This banner will say "unsubmitted" if your study has not yet been submitted to the IRB. You will also note that the workflow display at the top of the screen will indicate that the submission is "In-Draft" with the researcher, and not yet with the IRB.

Required Tasks List

Underneath the "edit," "PDF," and "delete" buttons, information about the study will be displayed. The "Required tasks" column will list any tasks that must be completed before the submission can be sent to the IRB. These tasks will show a strikethrough if they are completed. If uncompleted, they will be regular text, which can be clicked. Click on the link for "Complete Submission" once you are ready to send your initial submission to the IRB.

This will open the initial submission Smartform.

Complete the Submission

At the bottom of the left-hand navigation pane, you will see a new section has appeared, labeled "Complete Submission." Click this section, and then confirm you are ready to proceed with submission completion in the pop-up window.

After this step, you will be taken back to the submission page.

Certify the Submission

From the submission page, in the right corner of the submission, click the "Certify" button. Note: only the person designated at the Principal Investigator (PI) will be able to certify the submission. An individual listed as the "Primary Contact" (PC) will not be able to certify the submission, if the PC is different from the PI.

Once the "Certify" button has been clicked, review the certification information in the pop-up window. Once the information has been reviewed, click "confirm" in the bottom right of the pop-up window.

This will complete the initial submission, and route the submission to the IRB for review.