INSPIR II Instructions for Investigators
Cheat Sheets
How To
General
- How to log-in to INSPIR II
- How to update your Personal Profile (required for everyone listed on a study)
- How to update the department in your Personal Profile
- How to get the Study Assistant tab if you don’t have it
- How to sign off on protocol as PI
- How to sign off on protocol by Department Chairs
- How to check the status of a submission
- How to add new internal investigators/research staff to an approved protocol
- How to send a study correspondence in INSPIR II
- How to view or print out the Approval Letter in INSPIR II
- How to forward your BU emails to your favorite email address
New Study – Initial Reviews
- How to create a new protocol draft in INSPIR II
- How to find and open a draft in INSPIR II
- How to add a new Consent Form
- How to add a new Study Document
- How to setup Department Chair and Special Routing Sign Off
- How to sign off on protocol as PI
- How to sign off on protocol by Department Chairs
- How to respond to a Review Response for an Initial Review
- How to revise an existing Consent Form
- How to revise an existing Study Document
Amendments
- How to create and submit an Amendment
- How to revise an existing Consent Form
- How to add a new Consent Form
- How to revise an existing Study Document
- How to add a new Study Document
- How to sign off on the Amendment as PI
- How to respond to a Review Response for an Amendment
- How to add new internal investigators/research staff to an approved protocol
- How to add external investigators to an approved protocol
Continuing Review/Progress Report
- How to create and submit a Progress Report
- How to revise an existing Consent Form
- How to add a new Consent Form
- How to revise an existing Study Document
- How to add a new Study Document
- How to sign off on the Continuing Review as PI
- How to respond to a Review Response for a Continuing Review
Other Submission Forms
- How to create and submit a Final/Closure Report
- How to create and submit a Deviation Report
- How to create and submit an Adverse Event
- How to create and submit a StudyFinder Form
Consent Form Templates
- Main Consent Form Template
- Research Assent Form for Children 12-17 Years of Age
- Emergency Use Consent Form
- Consent Statement for an Exempt Study that Involve Anonymous Surveys/Interviews Research
- Short Consent Form Process For Non-English Speaking Subjects

