IRB mon amour

either i'm a REAL idiot or else the IRB website is not well done, because i've spent the whole morning trying to understand what i need to submit for their review and approval (we hope) and couldn't figure it out! so in the end i filled out two forms: the first one is an exempt form, because i'm just doing questionnaires with adults and that's not going to harm anyone, and the second one is a consent waiver form, because i don't want my respondants to have to sign the consent form if i tell them that it's an ANONYMOUS study. duh!

problems:

1. it requires a copy of all my questionnaires (not yet written) PLUS a copy in ALL THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES OF THE STUDENTS of the consent form in question. mmm.... i thought i'd get their approval BEFORE translating the damn things because the translations are mucho dinero!

2. wanted to apply for the year-long PRF grant for next fall-spring, but to apply i must already have received IRB consent... and since i defend my prospectus on the 8th, i don't even have my committee's consent yet... and the grant proposal is due december 1st. screwed. WHERE am i going to find the money???? translations/photocopies/travel...

wonder if i could have my questionnaires online. that'd simplify the whole thing a lot! need to find people who'd do this kind of stuff for cheap!