To check the status of your protocol or submitted amendment, click on the small blue down arrow to the left of the protocol number at the top of the protocol.  The most common statuses you will see are: 

• Review Pending
  • This can mean several things.  You will see this status most commonly when the protocol is waiting for reviewers to be assigned and after reviewers have been assigned during the designated reviewer's review period.
• Draft Submission Pending
  • A protocol with this status has not been officially submitted by the PI.  It is common for PI's to think it has been submitted, but they have forgotten to click the blue submit box at the bottom of the protocol.
• PI Certification Pending
  • If the protocol or amendment is submitted by a student, the PI will receive a notification that they need to certify the protocol.
  • If the protocol is submitted by the PI, clicking the blue submit box at the bottom of the protocol will submit and certify the protocol. 
• Pre-Submission Requirements
  • This one is very common. This usually means either the Novelution system or IACUC administrator needs to check off the OHS requirement (IACUC protocols), CITI training or both for one or more research team member prior to having reviewers assigned. When the Novelution system moves a protocol to pre-submission requirements, the administrator does not receive any sort of notification, so is unaware of this status. 

     Here's how to check if CITI training is why the protocol is being held up in the approval process: 

1. Select Requirements from Panel Shortcuts within the protocol.
2. Hover over the blue circle with question mark by each individual's name. This gives the list of missing training(s)

• REMEMBER: training is a HARD STOP for the approval process!