When you register you will select the type of privileges you would like to have.  Most people who register will be asking to be principal investigators.  Once you submit the type of privileges you would like, we will be notified and our office will determine if the privileges will be granted.  Recently we modified the system in this manner because  there are certain qualifications for being a principal investigator at Rutgers (e.g. faculty member, RU employee) and therefore, everyone can not be a principal investigator. You can not submit your protocol until we have authorized your registration. This is one of the key reasons why we are asking people to register as soon as possible. We are very responsive in providing the appropriate rights.

 Some of our researchers would like to have an assistance submitting protocols for them and having access to the questions asked by the committee.  If you would like this to occur, you can also have your assistant register. We do not need to authorize people to be assistants, and so there is no delay. After you are given principal investigator privileges, you can go into the website and add the person as your assistant from a listing. You would be responsible for taking away the privileges from them, if you change your mind or they leave the university.