Federal Wide Assurance (FWA)

The FWA is a contract or agreement that establishes standards for human participants research as approved by the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP). It is the policy of the Middle Tennessee State University IRB to uphold its Assurance as filed with the OHRP.

• FWA number – 00005331 
• IRB Registration number – IRB00003571 
• IORG number – 0002962
• OBM number – 0990-0279
• ORI number – 1274605

Note: The Office of Research Integrity (ORI), not part of OHRP, oversees misconduct in research but not human subjects protocols.