VERSION 3.0 – Draft for Public Comment (as of September 29, 2023)Smart Irb Joinder Agreement • June 24th, 2024
Contract Type FiledJune 24th, 2024NOTICE TO CURRENT PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS: THIS VERSION 3.0 OF THE SMART IRB AGREEMENT REPLACES ALL PRIOR VERSIONS (INCLUDING V2.0 AND V1.0-1.2) AS OF [______ ___, 20__] (THE “V3.0 GO-LIVE DATE”). BECAUSE VERSION 3.0 CONSTITUTES A SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENT OF THE AGREEMENT, INSTITUTIONS PARTICIPATING UNDER ANY OF THE PRIOR VERSIONS MUST RE-EXECUTE A SMART IRB JOINDER AGREEMENT ON OR AFTER THE V3.0 GO-LIVE DATE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN THE AGREEMENT. INSTITUTIONS WILL HAVE [_______] DAYS AFTER THE V3.0 GO-LIVE DATE, UNTIL [______ ___, 20__] (THE “CUT-OFF DATE”), TO RE-EXECUTE A JOINDER AGREEMENT. DURING SUCH [_______]-DAY TIME, AND PRIOR TO RE-EXECUTION, THE INSTITUTION’S PARTICIPATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE GOVERNED BY THE TERMS OF THE VERSION IN WHICH THE INSTITUTION CURRENTLY PARTICIPATES. AN INSTITUTION THAT DOES NOT RE-EXECUTE A JOINDER AGREEMENT BY THE CUT-OFF DATE WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE TERMINATED ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE AGREEMENT AS OF THE CUT-OFF DATE PURSUANT TO