Institutional Review Board

Welcome to OSIRIS, the online process for submitting a research application for review. OSIRIS is a web-based system, so access is available anytime from any location that has Internet access. Once you enter your research study into OSIRIS, all designated reviewers will be granted access to review, request changes, and to approve your application online.

OSIRIS enables you to check on the state of your application review process and to identify who is currently reviewing or has completed reviewing your study. Note that the IRB review will not occur until all required pre-IRB reviews have been completed.

OSIRIS Web Access: http://www.osiris.pitt.edu

OSIRIS Sandbox (a place to play): http://stg.osiris.pitt.edu/sandbox

Before accessing OSIRIS, you must have completed (2) online education training modules: Research Integrity and Human Subjects Research . The link to the required education modules can be accessed by clicking here . Once you have completed the required modules, it will take approximately 24 hours for OSIRIS to be updated before you will be authorized to log onto OSIRIS and start the submission application process.

Investigator Instructions

Scientific Reviewer Instructions

Scientific Reviewer Instructions - (Read Only Access Addendum)

Ancillary Reviewer Instructions

Committee Member Instructions

If you wish to schedule an OSIRIS training session, please contact Patty Orndoff at orndoffpa@upmc.edu.

OSIRIS Protocol Table of Contents

OSIRIS Tip Archive - helpful hints compiled from the IRB's weekly listbot messages

This six minute training video will provide you with a broad overview of the basic navigation skills to submit a new application. You will first be provided with instructions to initiate a study using the PI role and then re-directed to create a new study using the study coordinator role.

Training video for Primary Investigators