{"id":768,"date":"2018-05-08T06:45:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T06:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/document\/eresearch-regulatory-management-errm\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:45:31","slug":"eresearch-regulatory-management-errm","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/az.research.umich.edu\/medschool\/guidance\/eresearch-regulatory-management-errm\/","title":{"rendered":"eResearch Regulatory Management (eRRM)"},"template":"","categories":[24],"tags":[],"content-type":[41],"topic":[42,43,66],"update-type":[],"class_list":["post-768","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","category-institutional-review-boards-irbmed","content-type-guidance","topic-application-types","topic-eresearch-regulatory-management-errm","topic-investigator-study-team-responsibilities"],"acf":{"use_legacy_editor":true,"updated_date":"2015-07-20 09:15:00","update_notice":false,"author":"IRBMED","summary":"<a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/academics-research\/research\/eresearch\/regulatory-management\">eResearch Regulatory Management (eRRM)<\/a>\u00a0is the web-based system that centralizes the review and approval process for <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/human-subject-0\">Human Subjects<\/a> Research Applications and <a class=\"gtip\" href=\"\/medschool\/glossary\/ibc\">IBC<\/a> Biosafety Registrations.","button_links":null,"related_content":[874],"legacy_path":"eresearch-regulatory-management-errm","legacy_node_id":310,"legacy_related_nids":"1021, 404","legacy_content_section":[{"legacy_section_type":"heading","legacy_heading":"Reference guides","legacy_subheading":"","legacy_section_text":"","legacy_media_position":"","legacy_media_file":"","legacy_media_url":"","legacy_glossary_term":"","legacy_glossary_nids":"","legacy_resource":"","legacy_resource_nids":"","legacy_buttons":null},{"legacy_section_type":"text_area","legacy_heading":"","legacy_subheading":"","legacy_section_text":"There are many helpful step-by-step guides on using eResearch under ITS Regulatory Management <a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/academics-research\/research\/eresearch\/regulatory-management\/reference-materials\">Reference Materials<\/a>, including\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umich.edu\/~eresinfo\/errm\/docs\/QRC.pdf\">PI &amp; 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