Research Compliance

InfoEd Research Compliance is a suite of research administration software from InfoEd Global designed to help institutions manage compliance with federal, state, and institutional governing bodies. It covers four primary areas: Human Studies IRB/Ethics, Animal Studies/IACUC, Environmental Safety, and Conflict of Interest. The suite is intended for researchers, principal investigators, research administrators, compliance administrators, and committee reviewers at academic and research institutions.

The platform supports fully electronic, paperless processes and integrates data across all compliance modules, reducing redundant data entry and consolidating protocol tracking, reporting, and approvals into a single environment. It is web-based and accessible from any location.

General Platform Capabilities

• Supports 100% electronic, paperless compliance workflows
• Fully integrated data flow across grants, compliance, and conflict of interest records
• Connects researchers, committees, and administrators in a single collaborative environment
• Tracks and reports on conflict of interest disclosures, human and animal subjects approvals, and export controls
• Reduces redundant data entry across all compliance areas
• Tracks compliance across human, animal, and environmental safety research
• Configurable to meet institutional needs while functioning out of the box

Human Studies IRB / Ethics

• Provides all stakeholders with access to the complete protocol and all associated reviews, with individualized views for each role
• eForms are submitted electronically for signoffs or directly to the IRB office, and can include mandatory questions and file uploads
• Protocols submitted to multiple committees can be linked, with statuses managed and viewed in one place
• Simple version control to accelerate approvals
• Supports multiple routing paths including various signoff levels and information-only alerts
• Single system with protocol tracing, conditional alerts, reporting, and electronic letters
• Automated agenda and minutes generation, eliminating manual retyping
• Reviewer comments captured electronically to form the basis for meeting minutes and correspondence
• Investigators create and route submissions electronically to the IRB/EC office, minimizing redundant data entry
• All administrative and protocol details can be coded and tracked
• Templates can be developed and reused for future protocols
• Compliance workflow supports multiple reviews and levels of oversight, from intake to full committee review
• Integrates with the broader InfoEd eRA Suite for full data integration

Animal Studies / IACUC

• All stakeholders have access to the complete protocol and all reviews, with individualized perspectives per role
• eForms submitted electronically for signoffs or directly to the IACUC office, with support for mandatory questions and uploads
• Protocols submitted to multiple committees can be linked and tracked
• Data flows from other InfoEd solutions into a single system with protocol tracing, conditional alerts, reporting, and electronic letters
• Supports multiple routing paths including various signoff levels and information-only alerts
• Automated agenda and minutes generation
• Manages animal research facility inspections
• Tracks and reports on animal care and use programs
• Detailed tracking of research methods and personnel qualifications
• Integrates with InfoEd COI module
• Animal, human, and environmental safety protocols are linked to reduce duplicated effort
• Investigators create and route submissions electronically to the IACUC office
• Templates can be developed and reused for future protocols
• Compliance workflow supports multiple reviews and levels of oversight, from intake to full committee review

Environmental Safety

• Supports compliance management for use of biological agents, hazardous chemicals, radioactive substances, radiation safety, genome studies, and rDNA
• Web-based solution for preparing, submitting, and tracking safety plans
• Auto-Fill utility loads standard personnel and organizational details
• Supports design and maintenance of application form templates
• Upload capability for supporting materials
• Record auto-checking and paperless electronic routing and approval for departmental reviews
• Manages complete submission history
• Allows cloning of safety plan amendments and modifications from previous submissions
• Comparison of new submissions against currently approved versions
• Workflow Manager provides immediate view of status of all safety plans
• Ad hoc reporting with customizable views of all fields and records
• Detailed board administration controls
• Automated monitoring and system-wide tracking of renewal dates
• Automatically generates communications
• Tracks personnel development programs to ensure compliance with institutional training requirements
• Tracks and manages incident reports and audit history

Conflict of Interest

• Online solution for individuals to disclose relevant relationships and holdings
• Integrates disclosure and review processes with the approval and management of research activity
• Transparency tools alert researchers to incomplete personnel certifications to minimize project approval delays
• Automatic notifications when disclosure updates are required
• Identifies relationships with external organizations that might pose potential conflicts of interest
• Reduces time spent on disclosures with no external interests, allowing focus on actual potential conflicts
• Provides access to related disclosure, project, and management plan information to support audit readiness
• Ensures compliance with federal and/or state regulations regarding disclosure
• Institutions can design and configure their own user interfaces for data entry
• Supports flexible data collection and document management

The InfoEd Research Compliance suite integrates with the broader InfoEd eRA Suite, including grants and other research administration modules. It is designed to support institutions preparing for onsite audits, routine committee reviews, and ongoing regulatory monitoring. The platform is configurable to institutional requirements and supports data integrations between grants, compliance, and conflict of interest records.