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**Protection of Human Subjects:**

# Human Subjects Research Narrative

Selections from SF 424 Supplement: items dealing with human subjects research.

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**3.  Human Subjects Research.**  (See I. A. “Definitions” in attached page entitled “Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental Information For SF 424.”)

**If Not Human Subjects Research.**  Check “**No**” if research activities involving human subjects are not****planned at any time during the proposed project period.  The remaining parts of Item 3 are then not applicable.

**If Human Subjects Research.**  Check “**Yes**” if research activities involving human subjects are planned at any time during the proposed project period, either at the applicant organization or at any other performance site or collaborating institution.  Check “**Yes**” even if the research is exempt from the regulations for the protection of human subjects. (See I. B. “Exemptions” in attached page entitled “Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental Information For SF 424.”) 

**3a.  If Human Subjects Research is Exempt from the Human Subjects Regulations.**  Check “**Yes**” if all the research activities proposed are designated to be exempt from the regulations.  Insert the exemption number(s) corresponding to one or more of the six exemption categories listed in I. B. “Exemptions.”  In addition, follow the instructions in II. A. “Exempt Research Narrative” in the attached page entitled “Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental Information For SF 424.” 

**3a.  If Human Subjects Research is Not Exempt from Human Subjects Regulations.**  Check “**No**” if some or all of the planned research activities are covered (not exempt).  In addition, follow the instructions in II. B. “Nonexempt Research Narrative” in the page entitled “Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental Information For SF 424

**3a.  Human Subjects Assurance Number.**  If the applicant has an approved Federal Wide (FWA) on file with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that covers the specific activity, insert the number in the space provided.  If the applicant does not have an approved assurance on file with OHRP, enter “None.”  In this case, the applicant, by signature on the SF-424, is declaring that it will comply with 34 CFR 97 and proceed to obtain the human subjects assurance upon request by the designated ED official.  If the application is recommended/selected for funding, the designated ED official will request that the applicant obtain the assurance within 30 days after the specific formal request.

**Note about Institutional Review Board Approval.**  ED does not require certification of Institutional Review Board approval with the application.  However, if an application that involves non-exempt human subjects research is recommended/selected for funding, the designated ED official will request that the applicant obtain and send the certification to ED within 30 days after the formal request.

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