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November 2025
Insight Migration
Not all attachments (documents uploaded from eIRB submissions) have migrated yet.
- Please refer to the guidance on our website about how to manage Amendments and CRs in the meantime. The key takeaway is to use the current attachments from eIRB as the basis for Amendments; but you will need to upload the latest consent forms for CRs so we can stamp them.
- Expiration dates and overall Status may not be correct for some studies, but this will be fixed as soon as possible. This should not stop teams from doing follow-on submissions.
- For Insight training record (CITI) troubleshooting, see the end of the CITI section here: Courses | Emory University | Atlanta GA
- To stay informed about the Insight project across all of Research Administration: the Insight SharePoint page
- Please keep in mind with the move to a new system, the IRB is experiencing a backlog of submissions. Though we will do our best to process submissions promptly, we currently cannot guarantee our typical target turnaround times. Please keep this in consideration when submitting, and we thank you for your patience during this time.
Cede Review Studies
To avoid delays, review the submission guidance posted on our website. Cede review submissions must include:
- a lay summary
- the currently approved protocol
- the approved master consent template
- a tracked version of the site-specific consent
- the external IRB initial study approval letter(s).
Grady ROC Ancillary Review
GROC ancillary review in Insight is not a true reflection of the requirement. Soon, the GROC ancillary review in Insight will be turned off because GROC does not want to interface with Insight. In the interim, Carol Corkran is indicating that GROC ancillary review is not required in Insight for studies that indicate Grady sites to push them through the workflow. However, once approval is issued for any studies with Grady sites, GROC approval is required.
How to Submit Revised Documents via Amendments in Insight
1. If you are working with a migrated study for the first time, ensure that the latest approved copy(ies) of the documents you want to revise are uploaded, and the consent form(s) have a Version Date. Download the document(s) from eIRB if needed, and upload as a new document in Insight. Delete any outdated documents. Consent forms must be in Microsoft Word document format.
2. Once you have confirmed that the previously-approved consent form is present, click “Upload clean copy for the document above.”
3. Then, click “Upload Marked copy for the document above” to upload a copy with tracked changes.
4. The final product will look something like this:
If you make a mistake in this part of your draft amendment, you can delete the any of the copies by clicking the “x” at the right of the row, and upload a different document (as shown in the above example).
NOTE: If the IRB staff sends the Amendment back to you for further revisions to the documents, you will not be able to delete the documents you initially uploaded (the “x” will not appear). Just upload new marked and clean copies, and Insight will know which are the most recent. Once the amendment is approved, only the latest clean copy of the revised consent forms will appear in the “Protocol Published Documents” area. See example below:
