It is always a very good sign when an investigator receives a 'just-in-time' request from NIH. The IRB Office is asking all investigators to contact the IRB upon receipt of a JIT request (or if they are anticipating a JIT request), so that we can ensure appropriate deployment of IRB resources.

E-mail the IRB Director, Christopher Ryan (ryancm@upmc.edu), with 'JIT' in the subject line, and whenever possible, do this BEFORE actually hitting the 'submit' button in OSIRIS.

In the e-mail text, investigators should provide the OSIRIS protocol (PRO) number (note: as soon as an application is opened in OSIRIS, a PRO number is generated), upload a complete copy of the grant application in OSIRIS (investigators may redact actual salary information), and summarize the JIT request (including due date).

Investigators should also indicate in the e-mail whether this is a single site protocol (i.e., data collection solely at Pitt), or whether Pitt is also serving in some type of 'coordinating center' or 'data center' for a study that includes two or more data collection sites.