This page provides examples of consent forms/scripts for a variety of research methods and risk levels. The examples cover the main consent requirements discussed on the page Obtaining Consent/Permission/Assent. They do not indicate required wording, except for the sections on physical and mental injury. They are meant to give an impression of how to generally approach writing a clear and concise consent script.
Consent scripts often have to include a number of additional elements, for example if a study involves video recording, professional survey panels, compensation for non-US citizens, lotteries, deception, children or other people who cannot consent for themselves, permission to be recontacted for later studies, and potential influence/retaliation by an authority figure (such as an employer, service provider, or community leader). The HRPP office and IRB reviewers will help you with these and any other study-specific details.
If you do not see a category that fits your project, you can contact the HRPP office for more help.
Online Surveys
- Anonymous, and not involving upsetting topics
- Anonymous, but with potentially upsetting topics
- Respondents could be identified, but the topics are not risky
- Respondents could be identified, and the topics could put them at risk