Beginning January 1, 2024, the University of Montana IRB will begin to use the web-based system Cayuse Human Ethics for managing human subject research studies. Cayuse Human Ethics is an electronic protocol management platform that is cloud-based, user-friendly, and secure. Cayuse Human Ethics will be used to prepare and submit all initial human subjects research studies, as well as make modifications, request renewals, and report incidents. 

The UM IRB office will still accept paper/email applications until February 1, 2024.

Log in to Cayuse Human Ethics

• Click here or on the button above to access Cayuse Human Ethics. If you cannot access it, you may need to request an account using the Cayuse Account Request Form.
• From the Product drop-down menu, select Human Ethics to view your Dashboard.

Each investigator will need to have a Cayuse account before they can be added to a study submission. If you try to log in and get an error message, or if you know that you do not have a Cayuse account, fill out the Request Access to Cayuse form (link above). All UM Main Campus faculty and staff accounts have already been created and you will be able to login starting on January 1^st. Faculty and staff at UM-affiliate campuses (UM-Western, MT Tech, and Helena College) will need to submit a Cayuse Account Request Form. All UM students, regardless of campus, will also need to submit a Cayuse Account Request Form for right now. We are hoping to load student accounts into Cayuse in the near future.

What about currently approved studies?

All current human subject research studies approved before January 1, 2024, will continue to submit modifications, renewals, and closures using the previous system and will continue to email documents to irb@umt.edu.  These studies will not be migrated into Cayuse HE.

Help with Cayuse Human Ethics

The UM IRB Office is here to help you with any Cayuse HE questions! Click HERE to access our Cayuse FAQ page. We also encourage researchers to check out the UM IRB’s Cayuse training documents and one hour training video here.

Other recourses: 

• Within Cayuse Human Ethics, once you’ve logged in, select the orange question mark icon in the bottom right corner of the window to open the Resource Center. Select Show Me How To… and choose the action you want to complete, and the system will walk you through it.
• Select Help Center within Cayuse HE to see suggested articles, or search for a support article.
• Check out Cayuse’s Help website. You will need to create an account before logging in to the Help site for the first time.
• Email or call the UM IRB office if you cannot find answers using the above methods.