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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IMPORTANT ALERT: RAMP IRB DOWNTIME FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 (6pm-12am ET)</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RAMP IRB, the web-based portal through which you upload your human research studies for FSU IRB and Office for Human Subjects Protection (OHSP) review, will undergo a suite-wide RAMP upgrade
(RAMP version 10.0) on the evening of October 22, 2021 beginning at 6:00PM ET. </span>
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<p><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The upgrade will require that RAMP IRB be unavailable on Friday, October 22, 2021 beginning at 6:00PM ET. The duration of the downtime is not certain but may last until midnight or later
on October 23. You will not be able use RAMP IRB or any other RAMP module during this time</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. Please note the IRB submission deadline for applications determined to required convened
IRB review at the November 10<sup>th</sup> meeting has been adjusted to account for this down-time, see this link:
</span><a href="https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/meeting-dates-deadlines/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Meeting Dates & Deadlines | FSU Office of Research</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please be sure to save any of your RAMP IRB work and log out of RAMP IRB before this time. Contact us at
</span><a href="mailto:humansubjects@fsu.edu" title="mailto:humansubjects@fsu.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">humansubjects@fsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> if you
have any questions related to the upgrade.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Office for Human Subjects Protection (OHSP) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Florida State University Office of Research</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2010 Levy Avenue, Building B Suite 276</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tallahassee, FL 32306-2742</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Phone: 850-644-7900</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">OHSP Group Email:
<a href="mailto:humansubjects@fsu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">humansubjects@fsu.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">OHSP Web:
<a href="https://ohsp.fsu.edu/" title="https://ohsp.fsu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://ohsp.fsu.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Check out our new<span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/faqs/"><span style="color:#0563C1">FAQs</span></a>
</span>and<span style="color:#1F497D"> <a href="https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/student-led-research/">
<span style="color:#0563C1">student-led research FAQs</span></a></span>!<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/ohsp/news-and-events/#RAMPOFFLINE"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="319" height="64" style="width:3.3263in;height:.6666in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D7C10F.291289F0"></span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Click on the image above for scheduled RAMP downtime<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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