EmailMe Form - Form A for DNP Students

This form is the first step of the required ethics approval process for doctoral capstones and all other student/staff research projects that would be linked to Walden University in any way (i.e., published with a Walden affiliation, funded by Walden).

Your responses to this form will allow the Office of Research Ethics and Compliance (OREC) to determine which ethics form(s), partner approvals, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) review steps your project would require in order to be in compliance with university policies and federal regulations.

Walden's Office of Research Ethics and Compliance (OREC) is charged with ensuring that every study affiliated with the university meets the institution's ethical standards. This includes the protection of human subjects as well as ethical partnerships with sites and appropriate usage of scholarly tools. All doctoral capstones require ethics approval from OREC, even those that might be considered 'exempt from IRB oversight' at other institutions.

After reviewing the applicant’s responses within this form, OREC will send the applicant one of the following:
(a) confirmation that the university is able to provide ethics approval based on information provided in this form alone; or
(b) a list of the documents and approvals that will be required for ethics approval of the proposed project; or
(c) a request for more information in order to determine which forms and documentation are needed for ethics approval of the project.

Directions for doctoral students:
You may submit this form any time after your chair has uploaded the proposal into the MyDR system for the URR step.

Please note that ethics approval cannot be finalized until after the proposal is fully approved in the MyDR system. (OREC will be automatically notified when this occurs and will reach out to you right away to ask you to update this form with any minor changes that were made as a result of the proposal approval process).

1. Enter your official Walden email address

Once you complete this form, you will automatically receive a copy of your responses at this address.

2. Provide the title of the project

3. Indicate your role at Walden University

4a. Provide your student number

4b. Provide the Walden email address of yor supervising faculty member

Once you complete this form, this person will be automatically emailed a copy of your responses.

Indicate which degree you are seeking

Have you been selected to complete a Consulting Capstone?

If your degree has a specialization, list it here

4c. Please confirm whether your faculty supervisor has already uploaded your proposal for the URR step in MyDR. This form cannot be submitted until the chair has completed this step. *

Yes, my chair has already completed this step.

Premature submissions cannot be reviewed by the IRB.

Indicate whether you are doing one of the following DNP Project Types that has been pre-approved by the IRB

Projects falling within the parameters of the Pre-Approved DNP Project Types (posted here) will not require completion of the standard IRB application process.