Human Research Protections
Definition: 

An individual who is not otherwise an employee or agent of an assured institution and who is conducting collaborative research activities with a University or affiliate investigator. Collaborating investigators may be either:

  1. "Collaborating Institutional Investigators" who are acting as an employee or agent of a non-assured institution that does not routinely conduct human subjects research or
  2. "Collaborating Independent Investigators" who are not acting as an agent or employee of any institution.