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Templates

Consent Templates

Below are all of the NIH Consent Templates. These templates should be used when writing a new NIH Intramural Program informed consent form. Please refer to specific pages under Consent Development for more information about each template.

Consent Templates and Guidance

These templates are intended to help investigators construct documents that are as short as possible and written in plain language. The informed consent form (ICF) templates provided by the IRB comply with federal regulations.

Model Consent Template when NIH is the Lead Site
  • January 26, 2026
  • 63.3 KB

Model Consent Template when NIH is the Lead Site

NIH Assent Template
  • December 1, 2020
  • 74.7 KB

NIH Assent Template

NIH Consent Addendum Template for CC Use Only
  • January 26, 2026
  • 52.0 KB

NIH Consent Addendum Template for CC Use Only

Consent Library
  • February 5, 2026
  • 1.1 MB

Consent Library

NIH Consent Template for use at NIA
  • January 26, 2026
  • 72.2 KB

NIH Consent Template for use at NIA

NIH Consent Template for use at NIDA
  • January 26, 2026
  • 75.9 KB

NIH Consent Template for use at NIDA

NIH Consent Template for Use at NIDDK
  • January 26, 2026
  • 75.7 KB

NIH Consent Template for Use at NIDDK

NIH Consent Template for use at NIEHS CRU
  • January 26, 2026
  • 74.6 KB

NIH Consent Template for use at NIEHS CRU

NIH Consent Template for use at the NIH Clinical Center
  • January 26, 2026
  • 89.3 KB

NIH Consent Template for use at the NIH Clinical Center

Expanded Access (including Single Patient) Consent Template
  • January 26, 2026
  • 61.5 KB

Expanded Access Consent (including Single Patient)

NIH Local Context Consent Template for use at NIH CC for CIRB
  • April 15, 2024
  • 51.3 KB

NIH Local Context Consent Template for use at NIH CC for CIRB

NIH Local Context Consent Template for use at NIH CC for CIRB_Spanish
  • April 15, 2024
  • 33.9 KB

NIH Local Context Consent Template for use at NIH CC for CIRB_Spanish

NIH Local Context Consent Template for use at the NIH CC
  • January 26, 2026
  • 56.8 KB

NIH Local Context Consent Template for use at the NIH CC

NIH Off Site Consent Template
  • January 26, 2026
  • 71.0 KB

NIH Off Site Consent Template