Institute of Communications Research
Research — Forms and guidelines
Last revised July 2008.
Following is a collection of links that can be helpful in conducting your research. They are current as of the revision date above. Most forms are downloadable in both Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF format. Most of the PDF forms have the capability to be filled out electronically; however, note that you will not be able to save these PDF forms as a filled form unless you have the full Adobe Acrobat application, as opposed to Acrobat Reader only.
Guidelines
Vice Chancellor
for Research
The vice chancellor for research is the senior campus officer with responsibility
for advancing research projects at the University. The vice chancellor's
staff works with other Illinois college deans, department heads, faculty
and graduate students, as well as external agencies and groups, on behalf
of the University's research and graduate programs.
Institutional
Review Board
All research involving human subjects that is conducted at or sponsored
by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, whether funded or unfunded
and whether conducted by UI faculty or others, must comply with applicable
policies for the protection of human subjects. The IRB office, while performing
administrative functions of the IRB, also serves as the official oversight
office for human subjects research.
ICR resources on Institutional Review Board and Human Subjects Research
IRB-1
Application Tipsheet
All human subjects research projects must be reviewed and approved before
human subjects are recruited or involved in research activities. All projects,
regardless of exemption status or the type of review they are given, must
be presented on an IRB.
IRB Informed Consent Essentials (guidelines and samples)
Forms
- College
of Education/Bureau of Educational Research
The College of Education's Bureau of Education Research has a number forms and applications for conducting research. - IRB-1 application
- Sample letters of consent
These forms are provided as samples to help researchers develop consent letters unique to their projects.
- Waiver
of informed consent
Please see the conditions that must apply if the researcher requests a waiver of active, informed consent. - School research form
The Bureau of Education Research also has a number forms and applications that must be used when conducting research that will take place in an elementary, middle or high school setting.
Word | PDF - Research project status report
This report must be used to provide a summary for school districts and other organizations at the end of the academic semester or at other times when a status report is required.
Word | PDF - Educational psychology subject pool form
This form should be completed by faculty or students who wish to use the Educational Psychology Subject Pool as a source of subjects for their research.
Word | PDF - Background check
A criminal background check is required for all researchers working in schools. The Office of School-University Research Relations in the College of Education helps facilitate this process. For more information, please refer to the criminal background check form:
Word | PDF