Forms Cabinet
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This forms cabinet contains guidance documents and templates that can be used to assist with the preparation of an application.
Human Participant Research
Research Ethics Board (REB) 1 and 2
Guidance Documents
- Application Guidance Form - this form provides question by question guidance for applications being submitted to REB 1 and REB 2
- Application Guidance Form (version française)
- Fraudulent Participants Guidance
- Guidelines for Course-based Research Involving Human Participants and Students as Researchers (updated 12/2024)
Consent Forms
- Informed Consent Template (updated 10/2025)
- Informed Consent Template [version française] (updated 10/2025)
- Survey Informed Consent Template (updated 10/2025)
- Survey Informed Consent Template [version française] (updated 10/2025)
Research Ethics Board (REB) 3 and 4
Guidance Documents
- Application Guidance Form - this form provides question by question guidance for applications being submitted to REB 3 and REB 4
- Alterations to Consent in Cases of Medical Emergencies (formerly deferred consent guidance)
- Amendment Do's and Don'ts
- Chart Review Guidelines and Instructions
- Common Rule requirements for Consent Forms
- Electronic Consent Guidelines
- Non-Local SAE SOP
- Oral Consent Guidelines
- Policy on FDA Form 1572
- Pregnancy Testing Standards(new 03/2026)
- Quick Guide: Consent to Access Health Records (Pre-Screening) & Permission to Contact for Research Recruitment (new 08/2025)
- Quick Guide: Payment of Human Research Participants(new 03/2026)
- Recruitment Guidelines
- Third Party Vendors
- Using of Email to Communicate with Study Participants
Consent Forms
- REB 3: Health Panel Informed Consent Template (new Dec 2025)
- REB 3: Health Panel Informed Consent Template - Implied Consent (Survey)
- REB 4: Biomedical Panel Informed Consent Template (new Dec 2025)
- REB 4: Biomedical Panel Parental Consent Template (new Dec 2025)
- Addendum to Consent
- Assent Form (Younger and Older Child Versions)
- Optional Specimen Consent (Genetic, Biobanking) - Word document download
- Pregnancy Data Collection Consent
- Regained Capacity Consent (new October 2025)
- Consent for family/friend to provide contact information to researcher
- Consent for Release of Contact Information (new Dec 2025)
- Consent to Access Medical Records for Eligibility Screening (new Dec 2025)
Department Approval Forms (FoMD)
- Department of Medicine Internal Approval Request Form
- Department of Medicine Internal Review Process
- Department of Pediatrics Requirements
Animal Care and Use
- Animal Welfare Incident (AWI) Report
- Exceptions to ACUC Review form (New online form; access requires login to UAlberta Google account (CCID)
- Full (4th year) Renewal Guidance
- Guidelines for Capturing and Utilizing Photos and Videos of Research and Teaching Animals
- Part 1: Basic Animal Care and Use Course
- Part 2: Practical Species Specific and Procedure-Specific Training
- U of A Researcher SOP Template