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The VA Innovation and Research Review System (VAIRRS) is the VA's enterprise instance of IRBNet. VAIRRS will be used by all VA medical centers with research programs and will provide an enterprise platform to support the management of research oversight committees. The transition to this new online submission and review system began in October 2020. Currently, VAIRRS supports 110 VA research sites.
VAIRRS Mission: As the trusted review and data platform, VAIRRS will continue to support research-related stakeholders in VA and maintain data integrity for VA’s consumption as well as proceeding to enhance research management processes.
VAIRRS Vision: VAIRRS aims to evolve in its role to support management of the VA research enterprise by maintaining data integrity, continuing to improve processes, and enhance resources for VA stakeholders.
VAIRRS operates within five programmatic areas that include training, operations support, process improvement, dashboards, and communications.
Training - Manages VAIRRS trainings, webinars, and instructional guides published to the field
Operations Support - Manages the foundational operations of the program, which include the change control board, support inbox, and strategic direction
Process Improvement - Manages process improvement efforts for the program and directly engages with the field through VAIRRS Site Support, VAIRRS Strategic Advisory Council (VSAC), VAIRRS Change Control Board (CCB), and the VAIRRS Mentor Program
Communications - Manages strategic communications to the field, develops engagement initiatives, and manages the program identity
Over the next two years, VAIRRS will continue its foundational mission of supporting research-related stakeholders while continually improving, evolving, and promoting the additional value it offers VA researchers, administrators, technologists, and leaders.
The latest VAIRRS updates are available on the VAIRRS SharePoint site at https://dvagov.sharepoint.com/sites/vairrs (copy and paste into your browser if you have VA network access).
The VAIRRS Support Team is here to answer any questions related to the VAIRRS program, resources, training, and VA processes. Please feel free to reach out to us at VAIRRS@va.gov.
IRBNet support is available at govsupport@irbnet.org for technical issues and questions related to IRBNet. For regulatory questions or questions about processes subject to regulatory guidance, visit the ORD Policies and Guidance page.
Training resources and the VAIRRS Toolkit are available on the VAIRRS SharePoint portal at https://dvagov.sharepoint.com/sites/vairrs (copy and paste into your browser if you have VA network access).
The VAIRRS Change Control Board meets monthly to review requested changes and potential new forms and letter templates. Please submit your suggestions using the VAIRRS CCB Request Management App at https://dvagov.sharepoint.com/sites/vairrs/SitePages/VAIRRS-CCB-Requests.aspx (copy and paste into your browser if you have VA network access). Reminder: It is expected that all VAIRRS sites will use the standard library and supplement with local forms as necessary.